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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808332503321

Autore

Nolt Steven M. <1968->

Titolo

Plain diversity : Amish cultures and identities / / Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-4214-0284-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies

Disciplina

305.8009772

Soggetti

Amish - Indiana - Social life and customs

Amish - Indiana - Social conditions

Amish - Indiana - Ethnic identity

Community life - Indiana

Indiana Social life and customs

Indiana Social conditions

Indiana History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Amish images and identities -- Patterns of peoplehood -- Migration -- Ordnung -- Ethnicity -- Comparative communities -- Elkhart-Lagrange and Nappanee settlements -- Swiss settlements of Eastern Indiana -- Transplants from Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- The Paoli-Salem communities -- Diversity and unity -- Diverse Amish worlds -- Amish community as conversation -- Appendix: Extinct Indiana Amish settlements.