Amish Paradox - Diversity and Change in the World''s Largest Amish Community

Informationen zum Autor Charles E. Hurst is emeritus professor of sociology at The College of Wooster and author of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences and Living Theory: The Application of Classical Social Theory to Contemporary Life. David L. McConnell is a professor of anthropology at the College of Wooster. He is a coauthor of An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community . Klappentext An Amish Paradox captures the complexity and creativity of the Holmes County Amish, dispelling the image of the Amish as a vestige of a bygone era and showing how they reinterpret tradition as modernity encroaches on their distinct way of life. Zusammenfassung An Amish Paradox captures the complexity and creativity of the Holmes County Amish! dispelling the image of the Amish as a vestige of a bygone era and showing how they reinterpret tradition as modernity encroaches on their distinct way of life.

Info autore

Charles E. Hurst is emeritus professor of sociology at The College of Wooster and author of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences and Living Theory: The Application of Classical Social Theory to Contemporary Life.David L. McConnell is a professor of anthropology at the College of Wooster. He is a coauthor of An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles E Hurst, Charles E. Hurst, Charles E. (The College of Wooster) Hurst, Charles E. (The College of Wooster) Mcconne Hurst, Charles E. Mcconnell Hurst, Charles E./ McConnell Hurst, David L McConnell, David L. McConnell, David L. (The College of Wooster) McConnell
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2010
• EAN: 9780801893988
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9398-8
• Pagine: 376
• Serie: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies; Young Center Books in Anabapti; Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies; Young Center Books in Anabapti
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Ohio, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Alternative lifestyles, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities