Title Writing the Amish : the worlds of John A. Hostetler / edited by David L. Weaver-Zercher.

Publication Info.	University Park : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2005]
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Description	xviii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 38. Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 5
	Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 38.
	Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 5.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-342) and index.
Contents	Part I. Perspectives on John A. Hostetler. 1. An Amish beginning / John A. Hostetler, with Susan Fisher Miller -- 2. The redemptive community: an island of sanity and silence / Donald B. Kraybill -- 3. Plain folk and folk society: John A. Hostetler's legacy of the little community / Simon J. Bronner -- 4. An uneasy calling: John A. Hostetler and the work of cultural mediation / David L. Weaver-Zercher -- Part II. Writings of John A. Hostetler. 5. Letter to Amish bishops concerning shunning (1944) -- 6. Toward a new interpretation of sectarian life in America (1951) -- 7. Excerpt from Amish life (1952) -- 8. God visits the Amish (1954) -- 9. Why is everybody interested in the Pennsylvania Dutch? (1955) -- 10. The Amish use of symbols and their function in bounding the community (1964) -- 11. Persistence and change patterns in Amish society (1964) -- 12. The Amish way of life is at stake (1966) -- 13. Old Order Amish child rearing and schooling practices: a summary report (1970) -- 14. Folk medicine and sympathy healing among the Amish (1976) -- 15. The Amish and the law: a religious minority and its legal encounters (1984) -- 16. Marketing the Amish soul (1984) -- 17. A new look at the Old Order (1987) -- 18. Toward responsible growth and stewardship of Lancaster County's landscape (1989) -- The life of John A. Hostetler: a chronology -- The publications of John A. Hostetler: a bibliography.
Subject	Amish -- United States -- Historiography.
	Amish.
	United States.
	Historiography.
	Hostetler, John A. (John Andrew), 1918-2001.
	Hostetler, John A. (John Andrew), 1918-2001.
	Historians -- United States -- Biography.
	Historians.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Ethnologists -- United States -- Biography.
	Ethnologists.
	Ethnology -- United States.
	Ethnology.
	Amish -- United States -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Amish -- United States -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Added Author	Weaver-Zercher, David, 1960-
ISBN	0271026863 acid-free paper

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