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Karen M. Johnson-Weiner - New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State - 9781501707605 - V9781501707605
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New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State

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Description for New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42, 25 black & white halftones, 14 maps, 1 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage.While the Amish settlements in Pennsylvania and Ohio are internationally known, the Amish population in New York, the result of internal migration from those more established settlements, is more fragmentary and less visible to all but their nearest non-Amish neighbors. All of the Amish currently living in New York are post–World War II migrants from points to the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501707605
SKU
V9781501707605
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Karen M. Johnson-Weiner
Karen M. Johnson-Weiner is Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Potsdam. She is author of Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools.

Reviews for New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
After reading Johnson-Weiner's book I felt I’d been given an enthusiastic guided tour of the New York State Amish community.
North Country Public Radio
This is a fascinating and much-needed book on the New York Amish. New York is the 'go-to' state for the Amish today, and Johnson-Weiner's book could not have been better timed for publication.
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