| Description |
ix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the struggle to be separate ; The Amish encounter with modernity ; War against progress : coping with social change ; Plotting social change across four affiliations / Donald B. Kraybill -- Persistence and change in Amish education / Gertrude Enders Huntington -- Amish on the line : the telephone debates / Diane Zimmerman Umble -- The origin and growth of Amish tourism / David Luthy -- Amish cottage industries as Trojan horse / Marc A. Olshan -- The rise |
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of microenterprises / Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt -- Lunch pails and factories / Thomas J. Meyers -- Modernity, the folk society, and the old order Amish ; Homespun bureaucracy : a case study in organizational evolution / Marc A. Olshan -- Amish women and the feminist conundrum / Marc A. Olshan and Kimberly D. Schmidt -- Conclusion : what good are the Amish? / Marc A. Olshan. |
| Subject |
Amish -- Doctrines.
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Amish -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Kraybill, Donald B.
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Olshan, Marc Alan, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0874516838 |
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0874516846 paperback |
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