essay

Plotting social change across four affiliations

amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: 52-74, 264-267

By: Kraybill, Donald B..

Abstract

The Amish response to modernity has not been uniform. Different affiliations of Amish in various settlements have developed a diversity of lifestyle practices. Donald B. Kraybill compares four affiliations that live side by side in the largest Amish settlement of North America in the Holmes County area of Ohio. The four major groups in this geographical setting have drawn the battle lines in different places in their struggle with modernity. Kraybill explores the relationship between the retention of youth and the use of technology and suggests that both reflect an underlying shift in consciousness among the more progressive groups (p. 53).

HRAF PubDate

2009

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Sociologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 2007

Field Date

1992-1993

Coverage Date

1809-1993

Coverage Place

Holmes County, Ohio, United States

Notes

Donald B. Kraybill

For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]

LCCN

94013668

LCSH

Amish