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OverviewHolmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Yet, surprisingly, it remains relatively unknown compared to its famous cousin in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 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. The authors contend that the Holmes County Amish are experiencing an unprecedented and complex process of change as their increasing entanglement with the non-Amish market causes them to rethink their religious convictions, family practices, educational choices, occupational shifts, and health care options. The authors challenge the popular image of the Amish as a homogeneous, static, insulated society, showing how the Amish balance tensions between individual needs and community values. They find that self-made millionaires work alongside struggling dairy farmers; successful female entrepreneurs live next door to stay-at-home mothers; and teenagers both embrace and reject the coming-of-age ritual, rumspringa. An Amish Paradox captures the complexity and creativity of the Holmes County Amish, dispelling the image of the Amish as a vestige of a bygone era and showing how they reinterpret tradition as modernity encroaches on their distinct way of life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles E. Hurst (The College of Wooster) , David L. McConnell (The College of Wooster)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780801893988ISBN 10: 0801893984 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 31 May 2010 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Discovering the Holmes County Amish 2. The Origins of Religious Diversity 3. Coping with Church Schism 4. Continuity and Change in Family Life 5. The Changing Landscape of Learning 6. Work Within and Outside Tradition 7. Health along the Life Cycle 8. Stepping Back and Looking Forward Appendixes A. Methodology B. Ohio Amish Settlements, 2008 C. Holmes County Settlement Amish Church Schisms, 1900–2001 Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsA fascinating and thorough study of the world's largest Amish settlement, with all its diversity and dynamism. - Steven M. Nolt, coauthor of Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities A fascinating book! This work offers a long-overdue exploration of the Holmes County area Amish community and clearly demonstrates how diverse Amish life is. - Karen Johnson-Weiner, author of Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.wooster.edu/sociology/McConnell/default.htmlCharles E. Hurst is emeritus professor of sociology at The College of Wooster and author of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences and Living Theory: The Application of Classical Social Theory to Contemporary Life. David L. McConnell is a professor of anthropology at The College of Wooster, coeditor of Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and National Assets of Japan and the United States, and author of Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.wooster.edu/sociology/McConnell/default.htmlCountries AvailableAll regions |
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