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Kraybill / Nolt

Amish Enterprise

From Plows to Profits

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7805-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 01.04.2004
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Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities across North America. Based on interviews with more than 150 Amish entrepreneurs, the authors trace the rise and impact of businesses in Lancaster's Amish settlement in recent decades. In this new edition, the authors update demographic and technological changes, and also describe Amish enterprises outside of Pennsylvania in a new chapter.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780801878053
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-8018-7805-3
  • Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.04.2004
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2. Auflage 2004
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 500 g
  • Seiten: 304
  • Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
  • Vorauflage: 978-0-8018-5063-9
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Donald B. Kraybill is a Distinguished College Professor and senior fellow emeritus at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.

Steven M. Nolt is a professor of history and Anabaptist studies at Elizabethtown College and director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Cultural Context
Chapter 1. The Roots of Amish Life
Part II: Cultural Resources for Entrepreneurship

Chapter 2. From Plows to Profits
Chapter 3. A Profile of Amish Enterprises
Chapter 4. Homespun Entrepreneurs

Chapter 5. Labor and Human Resources
Part III: Cultural Constraints of Entrepreneurship
Chapter 6. The Moral Boundaries of Business
Chapter 7. Taming the Power of Technology
Chapter 8. Small-Scale Limitations
Part IV: The Public Face of Amish Enterprise
Chapter 9. Promotion and Professional Networks
Chapter 10. Coping with Litigation and Liability
Chapter 11. Negotiating with Caesar
Chapter 12. Failure and Success
Part V: The Transformation of Amish Society
Chapter 13. The Fate of a Traditional People
Chapter 14. National Patters of Amish Work
Appendixes: Research Methods and Data Sources
Notes
References
Index