Amish Patchwork Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World

Name: Amish Patchwork Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780253345387

ISBN-10: 0253345383

ISBN-13: 9780253345387

Edition: 2005

Authors: Thomas J. Meyers, Steven M. Nolt

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Indiana is home to the world's third-largest Amish population. Indiana's 19 Old Order Amish and two Old Order Mennonite communities show a surprising diversity despite all that unites them as a distinct culture. This contemporary portrait of Indiana's Amish is the first book-length overview of Amish in the state. Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt present an overview of the beliefs and values of the Amish, their migration history, and the differences between the state's two major Amish ethnic groups (Pennsylvania Dutch and Swiss). They also talk about Indiana's Old Order Mennonites, a group too often confused with the Amish. Meyers and Nolt situate the Amish in their Indiana context,…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction : who are these people?



The old orders : in the world but not of it



Moving to Indiana



Maintaining the old order



Amish ethnicity : Pennsylvania Dutch and Swiss



Community and family life



Amish schools



Amish work : farm, factory, carpentry, and cottage industry



The Amish and their neighbors



A different part of the patchwork : Indiana's old order Mennonites


Afterword : the patchwork in the modern world