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Amish Roots: A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies)
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by John A. Hostetler
Sales Rank: 507347
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 360 pages
Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press March 1, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0801844029
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801844027
Book Dimensions:
10 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.5 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Though the Amish traditionally shun higher education and seldom write about themselves, they speak with an engaging frankness in this rare and welcome anthology of testimonials. Hostetler ( Amish Society ), a sociologist raised in the Amish faith, compiles writing by and about the Amish from journals and letters, family and farm records, newspaper stories, poems, songs and stories. Ranging from the observations of the first Anabaptist immigrants in the 1700s to the present, the over 150 entries--commenting on church, family life, work, school and the rich Amish agricultural heritage--form a remarkably complete portrait of a complex and often misunderstood society. And while the collection includes historical essays and analysis by non-Amish (Archibald MacLeish, Wendell Berry, Lord Snowdon), the most revealing writing comes from the Amish themselves. Hostetler's skillful selection of pieces reveals, like a patchwork quilt, a stunning whole. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
With his previous book, Amish Society (Johns Hopkins, 1980. 3d ed.), Hostetler has already provided an introduction to the plain folk. His new work is a different sort of introduction, one that brings together more than 150 stories, poems, legends, and other brief documents written by the Amish themselves and a few essays by those well acquainted with them. These pieces are grouped into twenty chapters with titles such as "Coming to America," "Agriculture and Everyday Life," and "Amish Schools." Hostetler also provides a helpful chronology of Amish history. Readers not only gain insight into this small but important segment of our society but are challenged to consider the course our society is taking. An important sourcebook for many collections.
- John Moryl, Yeshiva Univ. Lib., New York
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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