Donald B. Kraybill is a scholar of Anabaptist and Amish studies, and this Johns Hopkins University Press book is his standard scholarly study of Amish culture, examining how Amish communities negotiate modernity through selective, deliberate limits on technology rather than blanket rejection of it. Its strength is that Kraybill draws on decades of sustained fieldwork among Amish communities, making the book the standard academic reference on the subject. Its limit is that Amish practice varies considerably by settlement and affiliation, so a claim about one specific Amish community's particular rules needs to be checked against that community rather than generalized from this broader survey.
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AuthorDonald B. Kraybill
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year2001
URLhttps://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/riddle-amish-culture
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press as Donald B. Kraybill's standard scholarly study of Amish society, peer reviewed university press scholarship from a recognized specialist. NotesScholarly study of Amish culture, negotiation with modernity and religious practice.
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