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The riddle of Amish culture

Author

Kraybill, Donald B.

Title

The riddle of Amish culture / Donald B. Kraybill.

Format

Book

Published

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989.

Description

xii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

URL

<Contributor biographical information> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/88019868.html <Publisher description> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/88019868.html

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-300) and index.

Summary

This book addresses questions such as: Why will the Amish ride in cars but refuse to drive them?; How can their old-fashioned farms turn a profit while many modern farms go broke?; Do they ever change their customs? Who decides, and how?; If they'll use pay phones, why not have a phone in the house?; and Why will they use electronic calculators but not computers?

Subject headings

Amish--United States. Amish--Canada. Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County.

Other subjects

Mennonites

ISBN

0801836816 (alk. paper) 9780801836817 (alk. paper) 0801836824 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801836824 (pbk. : alk. paper)