Garden spot : Lancaster county, the old order Amish, and the selling of rural America / David Walbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walbert, David, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County.

Rural development.

Lancaster County (Pa.)--Rural conditions.

Lancaster County (Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 258 p. ) ill., facsim., maps

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Each year, tourists are drawn to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to experience pastoral life. David Walbert examines how 20th century American culture has come to define and appreciate rurality, and how growth and economic expansion can co-exist with preservation of the traditional ways of life.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction: A Fertile Soil

Chapter 1: Cultivating the Garden: The Invention of Lancaster County

Chapter 2: Pride and Progress: Education, Literacy, and the Little Red Schoolhouse

Chapter 3: Dutch Country: The Amish and Tourism

Chapter 4: Domain of Abundance: Food and Farming

Chapter 5: The Landscape of Progress: Urbanization and Planning

Chapter 6: Preserving the Garden: Development and Farm Preservation

Epilogue: The Harvest

Appendix: Farms and Population of Lancaster County, 1900-2000

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028747-0

0-19-771340-8

0-19-518029-1

9786610481798

1-280-48179-X

1-282-36712-9

9786612367120

0-19-803382-6

0-19-534892-3

1-60256-735-2

OCLC:

53956453