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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Weaver-Zercher, David L. |
| Title, Monographic | Writing the Amish: The Worlds of John A. Hostetler |
| Place of Publication | University Park |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Date of Publication | 2005 |
| Extent of Work | xviii, 351 |
| Series Title | Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, v. 38. Pennsylvania German History and Culture Series, no. 5 |
| ISBN | 0271026863 |
| Abstract | Donated by Dennis BoyerContents: Part I. Perspectives on John A. Hostetler. 1. An Amish Beginning / John A. Hostetler, with Susan Fisher Miller -- 2. The Redemptive Community: An Island of Sanity and Silence / Donald B. Kraybill -- 3. Plain Folk and Folk Society: John A. Hostetler's Legacy of the Little Community / Simon J. Bronner -- 4. An Uneasy Calling: John A. Hostetler and the Work of Cultural Mediation / David L. Weaver-Zercher -- Part II. Writings of John A. Hostetler. 5. Letter to Amish Bishops Concerning Shunning (1944) -- 6. Toward a New Interpretation of Sectarian Life in America (1951) -- 7. Excerpt from Amish Life (1952) -- 8. God Visits the Amish (1954) -- 9. Why Is Everybody Interested in the Pennsylvania Dutch? (1955) -- 10. The Amish Use of Symbols and Their Function in Bounding the Community (1964) -- 11. Persistence and Change Patterns in Amish Society (1964) -- 12. The Amish Way of Life Is at Stake (1966) -- 13. Old Order Amish Child Rearing and Schooling Practices: A Summary Report (1970) -- 14. Folk Medicine and Sympathy Healing among the Amish (1976) -- 15. The Amish and the Law: A Religious Minority and Its Legal Encounters (1984) -- 16. Marketing the Amish Soul (1984) -- 17. A New Look at the Old Order (1987) -- 18. Toward Responsible Growth and Stewardship of Lancaster County's Landscape (1989) -- The Life of John A. Hostetler: A Chronology -- The Publications of John A. Hostetler: A Bibliography. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes and references (pp. [321]-342) and index. |
| Call Number | WHS/MKI GR110 P4 A372 v.38 |
| MKI Terms | Amish/ United States/ Social life and customs/ Ethnic groups -- General/ Ethnic identity |