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Amish Society - Softcover

Hostetler, John A.

 
9780801844423: Amish Society
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801844428 ISBN 13: 9780801844423
Verlag: J. Hopkins Uni. Press, 1993

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An anthropological study of this cohesive group which prefers to struggle against modern civilization than change a traditional way of life.

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John A. Hostetler (1918–2001) is author of the widely acclaimed Hutterite Society, available from Johns Hopkins. Raised in the Amish faith, he was founding director of the Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and a former professor of anthropology and sociology at Temple University.

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This classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect the current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America. In this fourth edition of Amish Society Hostetler takes the reader inside Amish culture and explains the nature of Amish religious beliefs and ceremonies, community and family life, tensions with worldly values, and interactions with outsiders. He offers updated information on a variety of topics, including Amish population trends, land use and farming practices, and relations with the state.

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Verlag
J. Hopkins Uni. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0801844428
ISBN 13 
9780801844423
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
4
Anzahl der Seiten
448
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