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The riddle of Amish culture
- Title
- The riddle of Amish culture / Donald B. Kraybill.
- Author
- Kraybill, Donald B.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press
- ©1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E184.M45 K73 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book addresses questions such as: Why will the Amish ride in cars but refuse to drive them?; How can their old-fashioned farms turn a profit while many modern farms go broke?; Do they ever change their customs? Who decides, and how?; If they'll use pay phones, why not have a phone in the house?; and Why will they use electronic calculators but not computers?
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 285-300.
- Contents
- The Amish Story -- The Quilt Work of Amish Culture -- Symbols of Integration and Separation -- The Social Architecture of Amish Society -- Rites of Redemption and Purification -- Passing on the Faith -- The Riddles of Technology -- Harnessing the Power of Progress -- The Transformation of Amish Work -- Managing Public Relations -- Regulating Social Change -- The Dialogue with Modernity -- Research Procedures -- Old Order Amish Population Estimates, 1880-1990, Lancaster County Settlement -- Old Order Amish Population Estimates by Settlement Areas in North America.
- ISBN
- 0801836816
- 9780801836817
- 0801836824
- 9780801836824
- LCCN
- 88019868
- OCLC
- ocm18162816
- 18162816
- SCSB-14367978
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library