Garden Spot Lancaster County, the Old Order Amish, and the Selling of Rural America

Name: Garden Spot Lancaster County, the Old Order Amish, and the Selling of Rural America
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ISBN: 9780195148442

ISBN-10: 0195148444

ISBN-13: 9780195148442

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Walbert

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Each year, millions of tourists are drawn to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to experience first-hand the quintessential pastoral--both as an escape from urban life and as a rare opportunity to become immersed in history. The area has attracted visitors eager to catch a glimpse of the distinctive religious community of the Old Order Amish, to appreciate the beauty of the farmland, to enjoy the abundant and delicious food of the Pennsylvania Dutch...and, most recently, to shop at the area's outlet malls. For nearly three hundred years, Lancaster county has been a model of agricultural prosperity, rooted in the family farm. The rural character of the place remains Lancaster's predominant…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Garden Spot


Introduction A Fertile Soil



The Invention of Lancaster County



Education, Literacy, and the Little Red Schoolhouse



The Amish and Tourism



Food and Farming



Urbanization and Planning



Development and Farm Preservation


Epilogue: The Harvest


Appendix: Farms and Population of Lancaster County, 1900-2000


Notes


Index