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Selling the Amish : the tourism of nostalgia / Susan L. Trollinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trollinger, Susan L., 1964-
- Series:
- Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
- Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heritage tourism--Ohio--Amish Country.
- Heritage tourism.
- Amish--Ohio--Amish Country--Public opinion.
- Amish.
- Mennonite architecture--Ohio--Amish Country.
- Mennonite architecture.
- Public opinion--Ohio--Amish Country.
- Public opinion.
- Amish Country (Ohio)--Description and travel.
- Amish Country (Ohio).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 193 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon.
- Contents:
- Who are the Amish?
- Tourism in Amish country
- Time and gender in Walnut Creek
- Technology and innocence in Berlin
- Ethnicity and performance in Sugarcreek
- Nostalgia and the power of Amish witness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0467-2
- OCLC:
- 793012713
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