{"product_id":"the-amish-9781421425665","title":"The Amish","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCompanion to the acclaimed PBS \u003ci\u003eAmerican Experience \u003c\/i\u003edocumentary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Amish\u003c\/i\u003e explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, but also its transformation and geographic expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmish 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Amish\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald B. Kraybill\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished College Professor and senior fellow emeritus at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. \u003cb\u003eKaren M. Johnson-Weiner\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of anthropology at SUNY Potsdam. \u003cb\u003eSteven M. Nolt\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and Anabaptist studies and a senior scholar at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515150733586,"sku":"9781421425665","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_515fe114-1161-4f9a-8c9e-88d17a2c8e2e.jpg?v=1730999043","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-amish-9781421425665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}