Reviews
This is an informative book for anyone interested in our Amish spiritual relatives, fellow heirs of the Anabaptist heritage.
A helpful frame work... Recommended. Upper-Divison undergraduates and above.
Accessible to those new to the study of the Amish but challenging for those engaged in the on-going study of Anabaptist cultures, Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities is a welcome and important contribution to the study of Old Order communities, and the insights it offers will add much to the more general discussion of the construction of cultural identity.
Plain Diversity is a vital and valuable contribution to our understanding of the Old Order Amish.
A well-written, thoughtful, and insightful analysis, superbly rooted in the extant scholarly literature, which offers a useful contribution to a field that is attracting increased academic interest.
Book Details
Preface
1. Introduction: Amish Images and Identities
Part I: Patterns of Peoplehood
2. Migration
3. Ordnung
4. Ethnicity
Part II: Comparative Communities
5. Elkhart-LaGrange and Nappanee Settlements
6. Swiss
Preface
1. Introduction: Amish Images and Identities
Part I: Patterns of Peoplehood
2. Migration
3. Ordnung
4. Ethnicity
Part II: Comparative Communities
5. Elkhart-LaGrange and Nappanee Settlements
6. Swiss Settlements of Eastern Indiana
7. Transplants from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
8. The Paoli-Salem Communities
Part III: Diversity
9. Diverse Amish Worlds
10. Amish Community as Conversation
Appendix: Extinct Indiana Amish Settlements
Notes
References
Index