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Author Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.

Title Plain diversity : Amish cultures and identities / Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
Contents Introduction: Amish images and identities -- Patterns of peoplehood -- Migration -- Ordnung -- Ethnicity -- Comparative communities -- Elkhart-Lagrange and Nappanee settlements -- Swiss settlements of Eastern Indiana -- Transplants from Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- The Paoli-Salem communities -- Diversity and unity -- Diverse Amish worlds -- Amish community as conversation -- Appendix: Extinct Indiana Amish settlements.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Amish -- Indiana -- Social life and customs.
Amish -- Indiana -- Social conditions.
Amish -- Indiana -- Ethnic identity.
Community life -- Indiana.
Indiana -- Social life and customs.
Indiana -- Social conditions.
Indiana -- History, Local.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Meyers, Thomas J., 1952- author.
Other Form: Print version: Nolt, Steven M. Plain diversity : Amish cultures and identities. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 x, 241 pages ; 24 cm. Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies 9780801886058
ISBN 9780801886058 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801886058 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421402840 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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