Plain Buggies

Author : Stephen Scott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781680992595

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Plain Buggies by Stephen Scott Pdf

Accessible in style, Plain Buggies presents the most complete work on the transportation modes of the "plain people" published to date. includes details on prices, styles, laws, stories. Why do 100,000 persons in North America refuse to drive cars for religious reasons? What are the main styles among the 90-some variations of their vehicles? What does a horse's face tell you about its personality? What about accidents, the law, and harassment? How much does a buggy cost in various states? How long does it last? Are they sold second-hand?

Author : Steven M. Nolt,Thomas J. Meyers
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781421402840

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Plain Diversity by Steven M. Nolt,Thomas J. Meyers Pdf

Plain and simple. American popular culture has embraced a singular image of Amish culture that is immune to the complexities of the modern world: one-room school houses, horses and buggies, sound and simple morals, and unfaltering faith. But these stereotypes dangerously oversimplify a rich and diverse culture. In fact, contemporary Amish settlements represent a mosaic of practice and conviction. In the first book to describe the complexity of Amish cultural identity, Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers explore the interaction of migration history, church discipline, and ethnicity in the community life of nineteen Amish settlements in Indiana. Their extensive field research reveals the factors that influence the distinct and differing Amish identities found in each settlement and how those factors relate to the broad spectrum of Amish settlements throughout North America. Nolt and Meyers find Amish children who attend public schools, Amish household heads who work at luxury mobile home factories, and Amish women who prefer a Wal-Mart shopping cart to a quilting frame. Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity.

Author : Mindy Starns Clark
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736955942

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Plain Answers About the Amish Life by Mindy Starns Clark Pdf

For Amish fiction readers, young and old alike, Plain Answers About the Amish Life provides a glimpse into an obscure, fascinating world—what the Amish believe and how they live. An engaging question-and-answer format showcases fun and fresh facts about the people who abide by this often-misunderstood faith and unique culture. This updated and revised guide by Mindy Starns Clark (more than 250,000 Amish-themed books sold), covers a wide variety of topics, such as: beliefs and values clothing and transportation courtship and marriage shunning and discipline teens and rumpsringa children and the elderly education and work Presented in an easy-to-read style, these Plain answers to questions about the Amish are a great resource for anyone interested in Amish life. Formerly titled A Pocket Guide to Amish Life

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924085642670

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Plain by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald B. Kraybill,Karen M. Johnson-Weiner,Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781421409153

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The Amish by Donald B. Kraybill,Karen M. Johnson-Weiner,Steven M. Nolt Pdf

Companion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy mode of transportation, Amish communities continually face outside pressures to modify their cultural patterns, social organization, and religious world view. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, but also its transformation and geographic expansion. Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt spent twenty-five years researching Amish history, religion, and culture. Drawing on archival material, direct observations, and oral history, the authors provide an authoritative and sensitive understanding of Amish society. Amish people do not evangelize, yet their numbers in North America have grown from a small community of some 6,000 people in the early 1900s to a thriving population of more than 320,000 today. The largest populations are found in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, with additional communities in twenty-eight other states and three Canadian provinces. The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from “backward bumpkins” to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values? Richly illustrated, The Amish is the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century.

Author : Nick Lyons
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781602390638

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1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue by Nick Lyons Pdf

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Author : Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Church of brethren
ISBN : HARVARD:HX4UIJ

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"Pennsylvania Dutch." by Phebe Earle Gibbons Pdf

Author : Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387099867

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"Pennsylvania Dutch"; And other essays by Phebe Earle Gibbons Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Thomas Ryder
Publisher : Carriage Assoc. of America
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Carriage Journal by Thomas Ryder Pdf

Heritage Park · · · · · · · · Controlling Runaway Horse, Part 111 ... The Singer Sociable · · · · · In Colombia Carriages Are Back.. . . The Polish National Pair Driving Champ1onsh1p, 1986. Step Treads for Carriages .... Letters to the Editor Memories, Mostly Harsy . Museo de Carruajes . The Barouche or Caleche. Maybe I Have 150 Vehicles .. Questions & Answers .. Book Reviews. The Carriage Trade ..

Author : Richard A. Stevick
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781421413723

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Growing Up Amish by Richard A. Stevick Pdf

Accurately reveals the challenges faced by Amish youth caught between the expectations of traditional community and the pressures and temptations of adolescence. On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa—that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the outside world before choosing whether to embrace a lifetime of Amish faith and culture. But the Internet and social media may be having a profound influence on significant numbers of the Youngie, according to Richard A. Stevick, who says that Amish teenagers are now exposed to a world that did not exist for them only a few years ago. Once hidden in physical mailboxes, announcements of weekend parties are now posted on Facebook. Today, thousands of Youngie in large Amish settlements are dedicated smartphone and Internet users, forcing them to navigate carefully between technology and religion. Updated photographs throughout this edition of Growing Up Amish include a screenshot from an Amish teenager's Facebook page. In the second edition of Growing Up Amish, Stevick draws on decades of experience working with and studying Amish adolescents across the United States to produce this well-rounded, definitive, and realistic view of contemporary Amish youth. Besides discussing the impact of smartphones and social media usage, he carefully examines work and leisure, rites of passage, the rise of supervised youth groups, courtship rituals, weddings, and the remarkable Amish retention rate. Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power.

Author : Richard T. Schaefer,William W. Zellner
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478631835

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Extraordinary Groups by Richard T. Schaefer,William W. Zellner Pdf

Extraordinary Groups has had a storied history of excellence over multiple editions. Now available from Waveland Press at the start of its fifth decade of availability, its interdisciplinary approach to groups engaged in unconventional lifestyles makes it a popular textbook choice in hundreds of college courses across the social sciences, including anthropology, religion, history, and psychology. Written by sociologists, using and illustrating sociological principles, the book is appealing because it is descriptive and explanatory rather than analytical. Descriptions of the groups are interwoven with basic sociological concepts, but systematic analysis and inductive reasoning are left to the discretion of the instructor. Extraordinary Groups is a compelling overview of the broad tapestry of social life that constitutes the United States. The illustrated, full-featured Ninth Edition includes a glossary and end-of-chapter key terms, sources on the Web, and selected readings.

Author : Stephen Scott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781680992786

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Why Do They Dress That Way? by Stephen Scott Pdf

This unique book, by a man who has chosen to "dress plain," describes the history and use of hats, bonnets, dresses, overcoats, and other articles of clothing used by the various religious groups who wear plain garb. This is the first comprehensive book about why more than 150,000 persons in North America wear plain clothes for religious reasons. Who are the various people who dress plain? Where do they live? Why do they do it? Where did the plain pattern come from? Don't they ever change? Answers to some common objects to plain dress! Will plain dress survive? Authoritative, yet gentle in tone, this book will be of interest to many readers.

Author : Andreas Koch,Clemens Sedmak
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443844390

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The Logics of Change by Andreas Koch,Clemens Sedmak Pdf

We live in a world of constant and dynamic change. Change manifests in various guises ranging from small to big, local to global, individual to societal, or from subtle to sudden. It often comes out of the unexpected, yet people can also actively bring about change. Change can be for the better, but often reality means change for the worse. Preconditions for a contented and happy life, both material and intangible, are constantly challenged. Living conditions of individuals as well as communities are affected by inequality, exclusion, or poverty. Different kinds of challenge and change require different reactions. This volume results from a two-day conference in November 2011 in Salzburg, Austria, bringing together researchers and practitioners from different scientific disciplines in order to discuss approaches of poverty research, social inclusion strategies, and local knowledge applications with particular focus on transformation. The contributions shed light on appropriate theories, methodologies, and concrete applications of change concepts referring to poverty, place and identity at different temporal, social, and spatial scales. They address a readership ranging from social and political scientists, economists and statisticians, to philosophers, cultural scientists and geographers.

Author : William Bourne
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781663201324

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Not Just Baseball by William Bourne Pdf

William Bourne grew up loving baseball, playing in an under-eighteen league in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his brother. As an adult, he traced the history of Minor League baseball, traveling to various baseball towns – mostly with his brother, Jim, and son, Michael. They chose Single A teams because it gave them the chance to visit small, remote towns. Over a period of years, they traveled almost 36,000 miles via airplanes and rented cars, seeing dozens of games in twenty-two states, plus western Canada. They avoided Southern states as they were usually traveling in July and August when it was hot. Seattle was their most western point, and Portland, Maine, was the most eastern. Each trip was spontaneous, and they regularly ran into interesting people and situations. Driving into Hannibal, Missouri, introduced the author to Mark Twain, prompting him to read three of his novels as well as a biography. He learned Twain often snuck out of his house at midnight to meet his buddies down by the Mississippi River’s edge, which is where he no doubt did much of his dreaming. Join the author as he celebrates his love of baseball, family, and America, traveling through quaint villages.

Author : John C. Wenger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579104658

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Glimpses of Mennonite History by John C. Wenger Pdf