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Author:

Meyers, Thomas J., 1952-

Title:

An Amish patchwork : Indiana's Old Orders in the modern world / Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt.

Publisher:

Quarry Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 191 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Amish--Indiana.
Old Order Mennonites--Indiana.
Indiana--Religious life and customs.

Other Authors:

Nolt, Steven M., 1968-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-181) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : who are these people? -- The Old Orders : in the world but not of it -- Moving to Indiana -- Maintaining the Old Order -- Amish ethnicity : Pennsylvania Dutch and Swiss -- Community and family life -- Amish schools -- Amish work : farm, factory, carpentry, and cottage industry -- The Amish and their neighbors -- A different part of the patchwork : Indiana's Old Order Mennonites -- Afterword : the patchwork in the modern world.

ISBN:

9780253217554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253217555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253345387 (alk. paper)
0253345383 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55106420

LCCN:

2004009957

Locations:

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

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

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)