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Articles and Publications by Barbara E. Addison and Mary Ellen Chijioke Those seeking abriefintroduction to British Quaker historywill be interestedin Alastair Heron's latest publication, The British Quakers, 1647-1997 : Highlights of Their History (Kelso, Scotland: Curlew Productions, 1997). It consists ofthe introductory chapter to his book, Quakers in Britain: A Century ofChange, 18951995 (see Quaker History 85.1 (Spring 1966): 66) extended by a précis ofthe rest ofthatbook. Thebookretains Heron's strongviews aboutthe currentstate ofBritish Quakerism. For those not having access to large Quaker research collections, The Old Discipline: Nineteenth-Century Friends' Disciplines in America (Glenside, Pa.: Quaker Heritage Press, 1999) provides the text of selected published books of discipline of the early nineteenth century. Also popular in style are three biographies of famous Quakers: The Clouded QuakerStar: JamesNayler, 1618-1660,by Vera Massey (York, England: Sessions Book Trust; Richmond, Ind.: Friends United Press, 1999); Patricia L. Hudson's article on William Penn, "Penning a Legacy" (American History 32:6 (January/ February 1998): 16-19); David Sox's John Woolman: Quintessential Quaker, 1 720-1 772 (Richmond, Ind.: Friends United Press; York, England: Sessions Book Trust, 1999), which follows the chronology ofthe Journal. Maurice Jackson gives amore scholarly overview ofthe intellectual background ofWoolman's contemporary and colleague in "The Social and Intellectual Origins of Anthony Benezet's Antislavery Radicalism" (Explorations in Early American Culture: Supplemental Issue ofPennsylvania History 66 (1999): 86-1 12). While both were widely read in the intellectual trends of their day, Woolman wrote primarily for Quaker and American audiences, while Benezet addressed the wider world, having a special impact on the origins of the British antislavery movement. A number of recent works deal with Quakerism outside the Anglo-American sphere. Sheila Spielhofer's "Reflections on an Eightieth Birthday" (The Friend 158.2(14January2000): 7-8) describes the beginnings oftheViennaQuakerGroup in 19 19 with a mix offoreign reliefworkers and convinced Austrians. In her paper, "From Pastoral to Non-Pastoral: Quaker Experience in Japan" ([Yamanashi, Japan?: Yamanashi Women's Junior College?], 1999) Tetsuko Kawahara Toda describes the process by which Japanese Quakers, who had been introduced to programmed Quakerism by Orthodox Philadelphia Friends, turned to silent worship to cope with the spiritual stress ofWorld War II and its aftermath. In "? Was a Stranger, and Ye Took Me In': Charity, Moral Economy, and the Children of Peace" (Canadian Historical Review 80.4 (December 1999): 624-640), Albert Schrauwers attributes the ethical basis ofthis Canadian splinter sect's culture to its Quaker roots. Recent works related to the history of the peace testimony are similarly international in scope. Douglas Glynn examines Irish Quaker reactions to the 1798 70Quaker History Uprising in his work, Friends and 1 798: Quaker Witness to Non-violence in 18th Century Ireland (Dublin: Historical Committee ofthe Religious Society ofFriends in Ireland, 1998). Ronald Watts deals primarily with British Friends in his discussion of "Quakers and the Boer War" (The Friends Quarterly 32. 1 (January 2000): 35-41). In "Remembrances ofa German Prisoner ofWar in England" (TheFriends Quarterly 32.1 (January 2000): 22-35) consisting of extracts from his book originallyin German, HeinzKammerrelates his experienceswhile aprisonerofwar in England, 1944-48, which led him to Quakerism. Two new books document the experiences of World War II conscientious objectors and their families: Dear Heart: Letters to andfrom Two Conscientious Objectors, written by Donald and Betty Rodger, edited by F. Rodger and M. Lawson (Sheffield, England: the editors, 1997), reproduces the correspondence between a British Friend imprisoned for refusing alternative service andhis young wife; Margaret Hope Bacon's Love is the HardestLesson: A Memoir(Wallingford, Pa.: Pendle Hill Publications, 1999) is the story ofa differentyoung wife, whojoined her husband to work in a statepsychiatric institution where he was doing his alternative service. In a story ofnonviolence in Americanpublic affairs, Daniel Levine's description ofBayardRustin andthe Civil Rights Movement (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2000) emphasizes Rustin's political life, dealing only briefly with Rustin's religious crisis after 1953 and ignoring his continuing Quaker activities. Daniel K. Richter's article, '"Believing That Many ofthe Red People Suffer Much for the Want of Food': Hunting, Agriculture, and a Quaker Construction of Indianness in the Early Republic" (Journal...

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