Book
Amish society
Johns Hopkins University Press • Baltimore And London • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Hostetler, John Andrew.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1987: John Beierle; 2007
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1683-1980
- Coverage Place
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, United States
- Notes
- John A. Hostetler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-401)and index
- LCCN
- 79023823
- LCSH
- Amish