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Virtually Amish : preserving community at the Internet's margins / Lindsay Ems.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ems, Lindsay, author.
Series:
Acting with Technology
Acting with technology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Amish--Indiana--Customs and practices.
Amish.
Information technology--Religious aspects--Amish.
Information technology.
Telephone--Religious aspects--Amish.
Telephone.
Internet--Religious aspects--Amish.
Internet.
Technological innovations--Evaluation--Case studies.
Technological innovations.
Information technology--Evaluation--Case studies.
Decision making--Religious aspects--Amish.
Decision making.
Information society--Indiana.
Information society.
Amish--Indiana--Economic conditions.
Amish--Indiana--Interviews.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 p.)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Examination of how groups at the margins of the global economy-in this case, the Amish-use information and communication technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Happiest in the margins : Amish approaches to participation in high-tech capitalism
From the fence to the switch : configuring communication systems for sanctuary
Explicit structure, communal decisions : setting sanctuary's bounds
Where the "rules" end, informal approaches to behavior change begin
Critical Amish makers
Internet management : configuring the Amish Internet
Holism and a preference for face-to-face communication
Communicating strategically for Amish empowerment.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-36939-7
0-262-36938-9
OCLC:
1288010279
Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access.

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