A peculiar people [electronic resource] : Iowa's old order Amish : an expanded edition / Elmer Schwieder and Dorothy Schwieder ; with a new essay by Thomas J. Morain.
2009
F630.M45 S39 2009eb
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A peculiar people [electronic resource] : Iowa's old order Amish : an expanded edition / Elmer Schwieder and Dorothy Schwieder ; with a new essay by Thomas J. Morain.
Author
Schwieder, Elmer, 1925-
Edition
1st University of Iowa Press ed.
ISBN
9781587298059 (alk. paper)
1587298058 (alk. paper)
1587298058 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xxiii188 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number
F630.M45 S39 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.70088/28973
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-183) and index.
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Table of Contents
A peculiar people in a brave new world : Iowa's old order Amish in recent years
The old order in Iowa
Origin and growth
Religious practices
Economic organization
Family life
Mobility and new communities
The school controversy
The vital issue : education
The Beachy Amish
The plain people in the Midwest.
The old order in Iowa
Origin and growth
Religious practices
Economic organization
Family life
Mobility and new communities
The school controversy
The vital issue : education
The Beachy Amish
The plain people in the Midwest.