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UNINA9910811111003321 |
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Autore |
Nolt Steven M. <1968-> |
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The Amish : a concise introduction / / Steven M. Nolt |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Collana |
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Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |
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Amish - United States - Social life and customs |
Amish - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Meet the Amish -- 2. Amish roots -- 3. Living the old order -- 4. Community and church -- 5. Rumspringa : Amish gone wild? -- 6. Family and schooling -- 7. Work and technology -- 8. The Amish and their neighbors -- 9. Amish images in modern America -- Appendix A. Amish spirituality -- Appendix B. Related groups. |
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There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities. Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, Steven M. Nolt's The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people. Writing in engaging and accessible language, Nolt explains how the Amish at once operate within modern America and stand very much apart from the world. Arguing that Amish life is shaped equally by internal and external social, political, and economic contexts, Nolt explores Amish identity as emerging from a complex cultural negotiation with modernity. He takes on much-hyped topics such as Rumspringa and reveals the distinctive Amish approach to technology. He also explains how Amish principles stand in contrast to contemporary American |
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values, including rational efficiency, large-scale organization, and Western notions of individuality. Authoritative, informative, and illustrated, this guide provides a vivid introduction to a way of life many find fascinating but few truly understand. |
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UNINA9910965346903321 |
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Autore |
Beckmann Volker <1957-> |
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Active galactic nuclei / / Volker Beckmann and Chris Shrader |
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Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH |
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Chichester, : John Wiley [distributor], 2012 |
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9783527666805 |
352766680X |
9783527666829 |
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9783527666812 |
3527666818 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Active galactic nuclei |
Galaxies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Active Galactic Nuclei This AGN textbook gives an overview on the current knowledge of the Active Galacitc Nuclei phenomenon. The spectral energy distribution will be discussed, pointing out what can be observed in different wavebands. The different physical models are presented together with formula important for the understanding of AGN physics. Furthermore, the authors discuss the AGN with respect to its environment, host galaxy, feedback in galaxies and in clusters of galaxies, variability, etc. and finally the cosmological evolution of the AGN phenomenon. This book includes phenomena based on new |
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results in the X-Ray and gamma-ray domain from new telescopes such as Chandra, XMM-Newton, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, and the VHE regime not mentioned so far in AGN books. Those and other new developments as well as simulations of AGN merging events and formations, enabled through latest super-computing capabilities. From the contents: * The observational picture of AGN * Radiative processes * The central engine * AGN types and unification * AGN through the electromagnetic spectrum * AGN variability * Environment * Quasars and cosmology * Formation, evolution and the ultimate fate of AGN * What we do not know (yet) |
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