essay
Amish on the line: the telephone debates
Amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: 97-111, 269
By: Umble, Diane Zimmerman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Amish have struggled with a vast assortment of technological changes that have bombarded their communities in the twentieth century. Participation in public education and the use of tractors and automobiles would understandably transform the cultural patterns of a traditional society. But telephones -- why would such innocent devices endanger traditional ways? Diane Zimmerman Umble contends that the telephone threatened traditional patterns of communication in Old Order communities. After charting historic debates over the use of the telephone, Umble describes contemporary struggles among the Amish over the role of the telephone (p. 97).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Telephone and telegraph
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Social relationships and groups
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Communication Specialist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- 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
- 1900-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pennslyvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Diane Zimmerman Umble
- For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94013668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish