Pennsylvania Germans An Interpretive Encyclopedia / edited by Simon J. Bronner and Joshua R. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronner, Simon J., author.

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.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (590 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Milspaw, Lisa Minardi, Steven M. Nolt, Candace Perry, Sheila Rohrer, and Diane Wenger.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Pennsylvania German Studies

PART 1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

1. The Old World Background

2. To the New World: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

3. Communities and Identities: Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries

PART 2 CULTURE AND SOCIETY

4. The Pennsylvania German Language

5. Language Use among Anabaptist Groups

6. Religion

7. The Amish

8. Literature

9. Agriculture and Industries

10. Architecture and Cultural Landscapes

11. Furniture and Decorative Arts

12. Fraktur and Visual Culture

13. Textiles

14. Food and Cooking

15. Medicine

16. Folklore and Folklife

17. Education

18. Heritage and Tourism

19. Popular Culture and Media

References

Contributors

Index

Color plates follow page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4214-2139-9

OCLC:

967939124