A peculiar people : Iowa's old order Amish : an expanded edition /

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Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state's most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwieder, Elmer, 1925-
Otros Autores: Schwieder, Dorothy, 1933-2014, Morain, Thomas J., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009.
Edición:1st University of Iowa Press ed.
Colección:Bur oak book.
Temas:
Amish > Iowa > History.
Amish > Iowa > Social conditions.
Amish > Iowa > Histoire.
Amish > Iowa > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Amish
Amish > Social conditions
Social conditions
Iowa > History.
Iowa > Social conditions.
Iowa > Histoire.
Iowa > Conditions sociales.
Iowa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A peculiar people in a brave new world : Iowa's old order Amish in recent years
  • The old order in Iowa
  • Origin and growth
  • Religious practices
  • Economic organization
  • Family life
  • Mobility and new communities
  • The school controversy
  • The vital issue : education
  • The Beachy Amish
  • The plain people in the Midwest.

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