Holding the Line: The Telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish Life

by Diane Zimmerman Umble and Professor Diane Zimmerman Umble PhD

Book Overview

An unexpected history of the Mennonites and Amish

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

Among the Old Order Mennonite and Amish communities of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the coming of the telephone posed a serious challenge to the longstanding traditions of work, worship, silence, and visiting. In 1907, Mennonites crafted a compromise in order to avoid a church split and grudgingly allowed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801863759
• ISBN13: 9780801863752
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"