{"product_id":"the-amish-9781421409146","title":"The Amish","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompanion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing  plain lifestyle  and horse-and-buggy mode of transportation  Amish communities continually face outside pressures to modify their cultural patterns  social organization  and religious world view. An intimate portrait of Amish life  The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community  but also its transformation and geographic expansion. Donald B. Kraybill  Karen M. Johnson-Weiner  and Steven M. Nolt spent twenty-five years researching Amish history  religion  and culture. Drawing on archival material  direct observations  and oral history  the authors provide an authoritative and sensitive understanding of Amish society. Amish people do not evangelize  yet their numbers in North America have grown from a small community of some 6 000 people in the early 1900s to a thriving population of more than 320 000 today. The largest populations are found in Ohio  Pennsylvania  and Indiana  with additional communities in twenty-eight other states and three Canadian provinces. The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from \"backward bumpkins\" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character  popular culture  and mainstream values? Richly illustrated  The Amish is the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647037857845,"sku":"ByrdShop_1421409143","price":48.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781421409146.jpg?v=1781686536","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-amish-9781421409146","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}