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Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
Donald B. Kraybill
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Description for Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
Paperback. In this new edition, the authors update demographic and technological changes, and describe Amish enterprises outside of Pennsylvania in a new chapter. Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 47, 47 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities across North America. Based on interviews with more than 150 Amish entrepreneurs, the authors trace the rise and impact ... Read more
Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities across North America. Based on interviews with more than 150 Amish entrepreneurs, the authors trace the rise and impact ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Center Books in Anabaptist Studies
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801878053
SKU
V9780801878053
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About Donald B. Kraybill
Donald B. Kraybill is Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. Widely recognized for his work on Anabaptist groups, he has authored and edited many books, including The Riddle of Amish Culture and The Amish and the State, both available from Johns Hopkins. Steven M. ... Read more
Reviews for Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
Useful in courses in religion and culture; an excellent supplementary text for courses in sociology... Amish and other minority groups... may be inspired and instructed by this heartening document.
Gene Burd Utopian Studies 2005 Important for anyone interested in the interplay between a small, separate religious group and the dominant culture. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2005 ... Read more
Gene Burd Utopian Studies 2005 Important for anyone interested in the interplay between a small, separate religious group and the dominant culture. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2005 ... Read more