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The Amish Struggle with Modernity
Sociology of Religion, 1995Throughout their history, the Amish communities of North America have tried to remain separate from the currents of progress that swirl in the larger society. The authors and others argue that although the nation s nearly 140,000 Amish continue to resist the influence of worldly institutions, the communities have nonetheless acquiesced to modernity in ...
Armand L. Mauss +2 more
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1993
The opportunity to practice their faith "unmolested and undisturbed" brought the Amish to North America as early as 1737. And for many generations, their conflicts with the government were limited to Amish objections to participation in American wars. But as the government's regulatory power grew in the 20th century, clashes between the Amish and the ...
Thomas C. Langham, Donald B. Kraybill
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The opportunity to practice their faith "unmolested and undisturbed" brought the Amish to North America as early as 1737. And for many generations, their conflicts with the government were limited to Amish objections to participation in American wars. But as the government's regulatory power grew in the 20th century, clashes between the Amish and the ...
Thomas C. Langham, Donald B. Kraybill
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Amish Perception of Tourism in an Illinois Amish Community
Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing, 1993This study investigated the impacts of tourism on the Amish of Illinois. The Amish are primarily a rural community who maintain a very simplistic lifestyle refusing to assimilate themselves into society. This lifestyle has caused the Amish to become a tourist attraction.
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000
If I made house calls, it was usually for the Amish. One special house call gave me a glimpse of what it must have been like to be a physician long ago.
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If I made house calls, it was usually for the Amish. One special house call gave me a glimpse of what it must have been like to be a physician long ago.
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International Journal of Social Economics, 1997
Attempts to explain the survival and success of the American Amish community by examining its history, tenets, structures and life style. Concludes by stressing the importance of the community’s unambiguous value system, its clear borders/boundaries, its emphasis on integration and continuity, its commitment to the “work ethic”, its techniques of ...
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Attempts to explain the survival and success of the American Amish community by examining its history, tenets, structures and life style. Concludes by stressing the importance of the community’s unambiguous value system, its clear borders/boundaries, its emphasis on integration and continuity, its commitment to the “work ethic”, its techniques of ...
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