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A peculiar people : Iowa's old order Amish : an expanded edition / Elmer Schwieder and Dorothy Schwieder ; with a new essay by Thomas J. Morain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwieder, Elmer, 1925-
- Series:
- Bur Oak Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amish--Iowa--History.
- Amish.
- Amish--Iowa--Social conditions.
- Iowa--History.
- Iowa.
- Iowa--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st University of Iowa Press ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state's most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state, the community near Kalona in Johnson and Washington counties, in April 1970; they extended their studies and friendships in later years to other Old Order settlements as well as the slightly less conservative Beachy Amish.
- Contents:
- A peculiar people in a brave new world : Iowa's old order Amish in recent years
- The old order in Iowa
- Origin and growth
- Religious practices
- Economic organization
- Family life
- Mobility and new communities
- The school controversy
- The vital issue : education
- The Beachy Amish
- The plain people in the Midwest.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-183) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587298486
- 1587298481
- OCLC:
- 646850111
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