essay
The rise of microenterprises
amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: 148-163, 272
By: Kraybill, Donald B., Nolt, Steven M..
Abstract
The Amish settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has been dramatically squeezed by the pressures of suburbanization in recent decades. Declining farmland, rising land prices, and a burgeoning Amish population have made it difficult for young couples to enter farming. Rather than migrate or enter factory work many entrepreneurs have developed microenterprises. Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt tell the story of the mushrooming microenterprises that now dot the landscape of Lancaster's Amish settlement. Kraybill and Nolt identify some of the moral boundaries of nonfarm work and also speculate on its long-term consequences for Amish life (p. 149).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Sociologist
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1790-1992
- Coverage Place
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Notes
- Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt
- For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]
- LCCN
- 94013668
- LCSH
- Amish