An Amish Paradox: Diversity & Change in the World's Largest Amish Community

by Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell

Book Overview

Winner, 2011 Dale Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College

Holmes 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801893992
• ISBN13: 9780801893995
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"