A history of the Amish / Steven M. Nolt.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nolt, Steven M., 1968-
Language:English
Published: Intercourse, PA : Good Books, [2003], ©2003.
Edition:Revised and updated.
Subjects:
Amish > History.
Physical Description:379 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A Reformation heritage
  • Amish beginnings, 1693-1711
  • Migration and persistence: The Amish in Europe, 1693-1901
  • Settlement and struggle in the New World: The Amish in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania
  • A time of testing: The Amish in Europe, 1790-1860
  • Prosperity and promise in North America, 1880-1865
  • Years of division, 1850-1978
  • Merging traditions: Amish Mennonites and Mennonites in North America and Europe, 18700-1937
  • Preservation and perseverance: The Old Order Amish, 1865-1900
  • Challenges in a new century, 1900-1945
  • Peoplehood in a changing world: Amish life since 1945.