Companion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary.
Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL
The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for
their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy mode of
transportation, Amish communities continually face outside
pressures to modify their cultural patterns, social organization,
and religious world view. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The
Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving
identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, but
also its transformation and geographic expansion. Donald B.
Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt spent
twenty-five years researching Amish history, religion, and culture.
Drawing on archival material, direct observations, and oral
history, the authors provide an authoritative and sensitive
understanding of Amish society. Amish people do not evangelize, yet
their numbers in North America have grown from a small community of
some 6,000 people in the early 1900s to a thriving population of
more than 320,000 today. The largest populations are found in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Indiana, with additional communities in
twenty-eight other states and three Canadian provinces. The authors
argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised
creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to
thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American
imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses
provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the
American character, popular culture, and mainstream values? Richly
illustrated, The Amish is the definitive portrayal of the Amish in
America in the twenty-first century.
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