A History of the Amish

by Nolt, Steven M.

• ISBN13: 9781561483938
• ISBN10: 1561483931
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Good Books

Summary

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Author Biography

     
     Steven M. Nolt is associate professor of history at Goshen College where he teaches courses in American history and Mennonite history. Since 1999 he has worked with sociologist Thomas J. Meyers to document the history and contemporary life of Indiana’s Old Order communities. During the 1990s he joined Donald B. Kraybill in charting the social and economic shifts among Pennsylvania Amish families moving from farming to non-farm occupations. Nolt graduated from Goshen College and also earned degrees at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (M.A.) and the University of Notre Dame (M.A., Ph.D.). His books include Foreigners in Their Own Land: Pennsylvania Germans in the Early Republic (Penn State, 2002) and co-authored volumes Through Fire and Water: An Overview of Mennonite History (Herald Press, 1996) and Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (Johns Hopkins, 1995). A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Steve is married to Rachel Miller of Engadine, Michigan. They are the parents of two daughters, Lydia and Esther.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	2	(255)
1. A Reformation Heritage	3	(24)
2. Amish Beginnings, 1693-1711	27	(24)
3. Migration and Persistence: The Amish in Europe, 1693-1801	51	(21)
4. Settlement and Struggle in the New World: The Amish in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania	72	(24)
5. A Time of Testing: The Amish in Europe, 1790-1860	96	(22)
6. Prosperity and Promise in North America, 1800-1865	118	(39)
7. Years of Division, 1850-1878	157	(36)
8. Merging Traditions: Amish Mennonites and Mennonites in North America and Europe, 1870-1937	193	(38)
9. Preservation and Perseverance: The Old Order Amish, 1865-1900	231	(26)
10. Challenges in a New Century, 1900-1945	257	(34)
11. Peoplehood in a Changing World: Amish Life Since 1945	291	(50)
Endnotes	341	(16)
Bibliography	357	(14)
Index	371	(9)
Author	380