The Amish / Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt.

The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What doe...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kraybill, Donald B.
Other Authors:	Johnson-Weiner, Karen Nolt, Steven M., 1968-
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Amish > Social life and customs. Amish > History.
Physical Description:	xvi, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Format:	Book