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assistance:he demanded large donations from board members; developed partnerships with local and state officials; and used federal dollars as leverage for even more funding from private fc, undations. Parrish is so focused on the money chase that his narrative might best be titled " Funding Shakertown ." Preservationists and architectural historians who greatly admire the many distinguished buildings at Pleasant Hill will be disappointed. Parrish gives little attention to the actual architectural restoration process and various projects to decode the historical landscape through archeology and landscape analysis. Parrish does not include any of the measured drawings or other types of documentation used in the restoration. Nor do we learn much about the revival of Shaker crafts and decorative arts embodied by the programs and projects at Pleasant Hill. Scholars also would expect to find more discussion comparing Pleasant Hill with other southern preservation projects of the mid- to latetwentieth century. For example, the changing roles of women in historic preservation appear to be an important story at Pleasant Hill. How does that compare with what happened in neighboring Virginia with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities? Women took the early lead at Pleasant Hill,just as they did in many Virginia projects; what was gained, and lost, when the financiers and corporate executives replaced them is not discussed. Another interesting comparison would have been Pleasant Hill and New Harmony, in neighboring Indiana. How are the restorations alike? Why are they different? While Parrish gives a note on sources,scholars also would benefit from footnotes and a full understanding of the sources of the many quotes used in the book. Parrish, like Wallace and many of the restoration 's leadership, stays focused on saving the place and funding the recreation of a beautiful pristine historic site. Thus, federal grants and loans, the Lilly Foundation, the Blue Grass Trust, and other powerful corporatepublic associations, such as the Shakertown Roundtable, dominate the book. Fair enough,because the synergy between these powerful players is what surely saved the buildings of Pleasant Hill. What is missing. however. is the soul ot the place. The buildings retain center stage, while the people who linade the 1,indscape cotiie alive are offstage , heard in the distance. Will this institutional krus c( ntinue to wrk for Pleasant Hill? Declining numbers of visit(, rs may say no. Telling c(, 11vincinglv tlie coinpelling counteri »lai-rative of the Shakers might be a fruitful way of restoring interest and visitors and maintaining the significance of this special place for the audiences of the twentyfirst century. Carroll Van West Center for Historic Preservatic, n Middle Tennessee State University Tarunjit Singh Butalia and Dianne P. Small, eds. Religion in Obio:Profiles of Faith Communities. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0821415522 ( paper), 16.95. Ihis volume was produced by the Religious Experience Advisory (: ouncil of the Ohio Bicentennial Commission and the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio as part of the state's bicentennial celebration. It has been placed in every public library in Ohio and in libraries in many public middle and high schools. Three opening chapters provide an historical SPRING 2006 t@ tfaith{ G, imunifies BOOK REVIEWS overview of religion in Ohio, a contemporary overview of religious diversity in the state and a discussion of Native American Spiritual Tradi tions. There follow profiles of fortytwo Christian groups ( each five to seven pages in length) and eight essays ( fourteen to eighteen pages each) profiling nonChristian religions in Ohio. The format for each of the shorter profiles is ordered identically: History," " Beliefs," " Current Demographics," Contact Information, and " Resources. The format for discussions of nonChristian groups is similar except that each of these chapters includes a section of advice for visiting each group. More than fifty authors contributed to this collection . Some,like Donald Huber and Peter Williams, are history professors. Most are clergy or devotees of the group they describe. Inevitably the entries are somewhat uneven. Some cover the history of a movement ( Mormonism or Coptic Christianity,for example) from its beginning,others from its beginning in Ohio. Some discuss theology,others reprint creeds. Most chapters offer institutional rather than social or intellectual history. Almost exclusively, the sources cited at the end of...

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