Pennsylvania Germans : an interpretive encyclopedia / edited by Simon J. Bronner and Joshua R. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bronner, Simon J., editor.

Brown, Joshua R., editor.

Series:

Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies

Young center books in Anabaptist and pietist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German Americans--Pennsylvania--Encyclopedias.

German Americans.

Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.)--Encyclopedias.

Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.).

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

Genre:

encyclopedias.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xv, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Destined to become the standard reference on Pennsylvania Germans (also known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"), this book is the first survey of this extensive American group in nearly seventy-five years. Nineteen broad interpretive essays written by a distinguished group of historians, anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, and folklorists tell the rich and nuanced story of Pennsylvania German history and culture."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Pennsylvania German Studies / Simon J. Bronner and Josua R. Brown

Part 1. History and geography

The old world background / Mark Häberlein

To the new world: seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / John B. Frantz

Communities and identities: nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries / Diane Wenger and Simon J. Bronner

Part 2 . Culture and society. The Pennsylvania German language / Mark L. Louden

Language use among Anabaptist groups / Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and Edsel Burdge Jr.

Religion / John B. Frantz

The Amish / Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Joshua R. Brown

Literature / Sheila Rohrer

Agriculture and industries / R. Troy Boyer ; Architecture and cultural landscapes / Gabrielle Lanier

Furniture and decorative arts / Lisa Minardi

Fraktur and visual culture / Lisa Minardi

Textiles / Candace Kintzer Perry

Food and cooking / Yvonne J. Milspaw

Medicine / David W. Kriebel

Folklore and folklife / Simon J. Bronner

Education / William W. Donner

Heritage and tourism / William W. Donner ; Popular Culture and Media /Simon J. Bronner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-529) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9781421421384

1421421380

OCLC:

946076217