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The Amish : a concise introduction / Steven M. Nolt.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 184 .M45 N65 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
- Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amish--United States--Social life and customs.
- Amish.
- Amish--History.
- Amish--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 141 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people.
- Contents:
- Meet the Amish
- Amish roots
- Living the old order
- Community and church
- Rumspringa : Amish gone wild?
- Family and schooling
- Work and technology
- The Amish and their neighbors
- Amish images in modern America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421419565
- 1421419564
- OCLC:
- 916408511
- Publisher Number:
- 40025905961
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