The Amish in the American imagination /
"Enveloped in mystery, Amish culture has remained a captivating topic within mainstream American culture. In The Amish in the American Imagination, David Weaver-Zercher explores how Americans throughout the twentieth century reacted to and interpreted the Amish. Through an examination of a vari...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001], ©2001. |
| Series: | Center books in Anabaptist studies.
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| Summary: | "Enveloped in mystery, Amish culture has remained a captivating topic within mainstream American culture. In The Amish in the American Imagination, David Weaver-Zercher explores how Americans throughout the twentieth century reacted to and interpreted the Amish. Through an examination of a variety of visual and textual sources, Weaver-Zercher explores how diverse groups - ranging from Mennonites to Hollywood producers - represented and understood the Amish."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801866812 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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