The Amish Struggle with Modernity - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0874516846 ISBN 13: 9780874516845

Verlag: University Press of New England, 1994

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Choice" "This is certainly the best academic introduction to contemporary Amish Culture yet published. But it is also more than that--modernity comes under as much scrutiny as do the Amish. Rejecting all nostalgic approaches...the editors argue for a hardheaded appraisal of the Amish's ongoing 'warfare' against modernity--a warfare that is similar to the less intense resistances numerous other groups have also raised against the modern world."-- "Choice" This is certainly the best academic introduction to contemporary Amish Culture yet published. But it is also more than that--modernity comes under as much scrutiny as do the Amish. Rejecting all nostalgic approaches...the editors argue for a hardheaded appraisal of the Amish s ongoing warfare against modernity--a warfare that is similar to the less intense resistances numerous other groups have also raised against the modern world. Choice"

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Throughout their history, the Amish communities of North America have tried to remain separate from the currents of progress that swirl in the larger society. The authors and others argue that although the nation's nearly 140,000 Amish continue to resist the influence of worldly institutions, the communities have nonetheless acquiesced to modernity in significant ways. Such change has not been easy and The Amish Struggle with Modernity examines on a national scale dilemmas that arise when a people devoted to plain living face the complexities of modern life.

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• Verlag: University Press of New England
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0874516846
• ISBN 13: 9780874516845
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316
• Herausgeber: Olshan Marc A., Kraybill Donald B.