diversity & change in the world's largest Amish community /
Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010
xvi, 356 p. :
ill., maps ;
24 cm
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Includes bibliographical references and index
Discovering the Holmes County Amish -- The origins of religious diversity -- Coping with church schism -- Continuity and change in family life -- The changing landscape of learning -- Work within and outside tradition -- Health along the life cycle -- Stepping back and looking forward -- Appendixes: A. Methodology -- B. Ohio Amish settlements, 2008 -- C. Holmes County settlement Amish church schisms, 1900-2001
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Holmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell conducted seven years of fieldwork, including interviews with over 200 residents, to understand the dynamism that drives social change and schism within the settlement, where Amish enterprises and nonfarming employment have prospered. --from publisher description