{"title":"Fernandez","description":"Kathleen M. Fernandez has been intrigued by the German religious separatists who settled the village of Zoar, Ohio, since she began working there in 1975. Her first book, A Singular People: Images of Zoar,  won the Distinguished Publication Award from the Communal Studies Association in 2004. Currently, she serves as Executive Director of the Communal Studies Association (CSA), a position she has held since 2004.","products":[{"product_id":"zoar-the-story-of-an-intentional-community-hardcover","title":"Zoar: The Story of an Intentional Community - Hardcover","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fascinating history of Zoar, from the German Separatists who settled there to the present-day historical village\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1817, a group of German religious dis-senters immigrated to Ohio. Less than two years later, in order to keep their distinctive religion and its adherents together, they formed a communal society (\u003cem\u003eeine güter gemeinschaft\u003c\/em\u003e or \"community of goods\"), where all shared equally. Their bold experiment thrived and continued through three generations; the Zoar Separatists are considered one of the longest-lasting communal groups in US history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFernandez traces the Separatists' beginnings in Württemberg, Germany, and their disputes with authorities over religious differences, their immigration to America, and their establishment of the communal Society of Separatists of Zoar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe community's development, particularly in terms of its business activities with the outside world, demonstrates its success and influence in the 19th century. Though the Society dissolved in 1898, today its site is a significant historical attraction. \u003cem\u003eZoar\u003c\/em\u003e is based on ample primary source material, some never before utilized by historians, and illustrated with thirty historic photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367547502815,"sku":"9781606353745","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ycojiWjVAY9781606353745.webp?v=1789109791"},{"product_id":"a-singular-people-images-of-zoar-hardcover","title":"A Singular People: Images of Zoar - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA pictorial view of the Separatist community of Zoar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe community of Zoar has been a tourist attraction since it was founded in 1817, due in part to its uncommon experiment in Christian communal living, its German heritage, and its location on the Ohio \u0026amp; Erie Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlike many 19th-century communal societies, Zoar did not discourage tourism and \"gawkers.\" As a result, there is an unusually rich photographic record of the community and its people as well as many descriptions and comments by writers who wished to share their impressions of the Old World town. Tourists snapped photos of themselves riding on haywagons, boating on Zoar Lake, and walking in the Zoar Separatists' symbolic garden. The Zoarites themselves got into the act as well, taking commercial photos of themselves and their town to be sold as postcards. Fernandez uses many previously unpublished photographs from the Ohio Historical Society's collections and captions them with the words of journalists, diarists, and other visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday a restored village with a ten-museum complex operated by the Ohio Historical Society, Zoar has consciously maintained its German roots. Zoar continues to attract the curious individual, the traveler, the day-tripper, and the magazine and newspaper writers..\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378189893855,"sku":"9780873387675","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5KZPj9FwZ49780873387675.webp?v=1789250808"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/fernandez.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}