Description: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, (2nd printing, 1993, stated). Illustrated with over one hundred color photographs. x + 187 pages. Includes index and short statements by the photographer and writer. approx. 9 x 11.5 inches Approximately 35 short essays regarding the practices, culture, and distinctive way of life of the Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Somewhat more compromising than other Anabaptist sects, they have survived and thrived by biological reproduction, cultural resistance, and cultural compromise. (At the turn of the 20th century there were about 5,000 Amish, at the time of publication, there were 130,000) The image of their way of life that immerges is a combination of complexity and simplicity, tradition and progress. The PhD author was born into a Mennonite family in Lancaster County and has written many books on related subjects. The Photographer has been widely published in books and magazines. He has lived close to Amish groups. (Box 25)
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Location: Lakewood, Washington
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Amish, Sociology
Region: American Northeast
Format: Paperback
Type: Illustrated Book
Author: Donald B. Kraybill
Publication Year: 1993
Binding: Large paperback
Subject: History of Old Order Amish
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: John Hopkins University
Special Attributes: 2nd printing, 1st Edition, Illustrated
