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The Riddle of Amish Culture by Donald B. Kraybill

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Also by Donald B. Kraybill:

The Amish, April 2013
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Amish Grace, October 2007
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The Riddle of Amish Culture, November 2001
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The Amish and the State, October 2001
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The Riddle of Amish Culture
Donald B. Kraybill

Center Books in Anabaptist Studies
The Johns Hopkins University Press
November 2001
On Sale: November 2, 2001
424 pages
ISBN: 080186772X
EAN: 9780801867729
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Since its publication in 1989, The Riddle of Amish Culture has become recognized as a classic work on one of America's most distinctive religious communities. But many changes have occurred within Amish society over the past decade, from westward migrations and a greater familiarity with technology to the dramatic shift away from farming into small business which is transforming Amish culture. For this revised edition, Donald B. Kraybill has taken these recent changes into account, incorporating new demographic research and new interviews he has conducted among the Amish. In addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capital" to his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community.

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