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New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State

AUTHOR Johnson-Weiner, Karen M.; Johnson-Weiner, Karen M.; Johnson-Weiner, Karen M. et al.
PUBLISHER Cornell University Press (05/02/2017)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Tracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research to introduce the Amish to their non-Amish neighbors. In the last decade, New York State has had the fastest-growing Amish population. This work highlights the diversity of Amish settlement in New York State and the contribution of New York's Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage.

The second edition of New York Amish updates settlement areas to acknowledge recently established communities and to demonstrate the impact of growth, schism, and migration on existing settlements. In addition, chapters treating external and internal challenges to Amish settlement and the challenges Amish settlement poses to neighboring non-Amish communities have been updated, and a new chapter looks to the future of New York's Amish. All maps have been updated, and a new map showing all of New York's Amish communities has been added.

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ISBN-13: 9781501707605
ISBN-10: 1501707604
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0002
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Page Count: 280
Carton Quantity: 26
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.63 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.91 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Maps, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
History | Christianity - Amish
History | United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: 289.709
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016047311
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Tracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research to introduce the Amish to their non-Amish neighbors. In the last decade, New York State has had the fastest-growing Amish population. This work highlights the diversity of Amish settlement in New York State and the contribution of New York's Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage.

The second edition of New York Amish updates settlement areas to acknowledge recently established communities and to demonstrate the impact of growth, schism, and migration on existing settlements. In addition, chapters treating external and internal challenges to Amish settlement and the challenges Amish settlement poses to neighboring non-Amish communities have been updated, and a new chapter looks to the future of New York's Amish. All maps have been updated, and a new map showing all of New York's Amish communities has been added.

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