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Author:

Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.

Title:

A history of the Amish / Steven M. Nolt.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Good Books,

Copyright Date:

c2015

Description:

viii, 405 pages : illustrations. maps, portraits. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Amish--History.
Amish.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-391) and index. New Book -- May -- 2016

Contents:

A Reformation heritage -- Amish beginnings, 1693-1712 -- Migration and persistence : the Amish in Europe, 1693-1801 -- Settlement and struggle in a new world : the Amish in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania -- A time of testing : the Amish in Europe, 1790-1860 -- Prosperity and promise in North America, 1800-1865 -- Years of division, 1850-1878 -- Merging traditions : Amish Mennonites and Mennonites in North America and Europe, 1870-1937 -- Preservation and perseverance : Old Order Amish, 1865-1900 -- Finding a place in modern America, 1900-1945 -- Conflict, compromise, and renewal, 1945-1975 -- Peoplehood in the midst of modernity.

ISBN:

9781680990652
1680990659

OCLC:

(OCoLC)920731368

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)