Book
Amish society
Johns Hopkins University Press • Baltimore And London • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Hostetler, John Andrew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The ethnographic material in this document provides a comprehensive study of the three largest Amish settlements in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, although numerous smaller settlements were also visited. Socialization processes, schooling, family patterns, population trends, and occupational patterns are all given particular emphasis in this work with the purpose of communicating a knowledge of Amish life to the reader. The scope of the material gives an overall view of Amish life rather than specific details of a particular region, and is integrative rather than specialized or esoteric. The author discusses in detail the origins, values, maintenance, and social relationships of the Amish communities, followed by lengthy consideration of the problems, conflicts and psychological burdens of being Amish (p. xii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Religious denominations
- Congregations
- Religious offenses
- Cultural participation
- Tillage
- Priesthood
- Sickness
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1987: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1683-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John A. Hostetler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-401)and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79023823
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish