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The Amish struggle with modernity. edited by Donald B. Kraybill and Marc A. Olshan

Kraybill, Donald B Olshan, Marc Alan (1945-) c1994

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Title:
The Amish struggle with modernity. edited by Donald B. Kraybill and Marc A. Olshan
Author: Kraybill, Donald B;
Olshan, Marc Alan (1945-)
Subjects: Amish -- Doctrines;
Amish -- Coutumes et pratiques;
Amish -- Social life and customs
Description: Includes bibliograpical references (p. 279-298) and index.
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 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
Publisher: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1994
Creation Date: c1994
Format: ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Language: English

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