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Plain diversity : Amish cultures and identities / Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.
- Meyers, Thomas J., 1952- author.
- Series:
- Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
- Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amish--Indiana--Social life and customs.
- Amish.
- Amish--Indiana--Social conditions.
- Amish--Indiana--Ethnic identity.
- Community life--Indiana.
- Community life.
- Indiana--Social life and customs.
- Indiana.
- Indiana--Social conditions.
- Indiana--History, Local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Amish images and identities
- Patterns of peoplehood
- Migration
- Ordnung
- Ethnicity
- Comparative communities
- Elkhart-Lagrange and Nappanee settlements
- Swiss settlements of Eastern Indiana
- Transplants from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- The Paoli-Salem communities
- Diversity and unity
- Diverse Amish worlds
- Amish community as conversation
- Appendix: Extinct Indiana Amish settlements.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0284-X
- OCLC:
- 606278575
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