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Students of Amish history will find this book a valuable addition to their libraries. Utopian Studies Garden Spot is a very well written book and fills a vital niche in Amish literature by examining the crisis of encroaching urbanism in rural America. Utopian Studies ... does a remarkable job of analyzing Lancaster County's modern dilemma. Utopian Studies There is grist for both the scholar and interested layperson ... a wonderful addition to the literature on Amish and Mennonites. Thomas J. Meyers, Goshen College, USA --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"By synthesizing a phenomenal amount of scholarly work with popular portrayals, he tellingly documents the evolution of US perceptions of rural life."--CHOICE
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Students of Amish history will find this book a valuable addition to their libraries. Utopian Studies Garden Spot is a very well written book and fills a vital niche in Amish literature by examining the crisis of encroaching urbanism in rural America. Utopian Studies ... does a remarkable job of analyzing Lancaster County's modern dilemma. Utopian Studies There is grist for both the scholar and interested layperson ... a wonderful addition to the literature on Amish and Mennonites. Thomas J. Meyers, Goshen College, USA --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"By synthesizing a phenomenal amount of scholarly work with popular portrayals, he tellingly documents the evolution of US perceptions of rural life."--CHOICE
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the "Garden Spot of America," is a place of contradictions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
idealized family farm, farm preservation, new comprehensive plan, rural renaissance, tourist booklets, farmland preservation, traditional family farm, garden spot, township supervisors, shoofly pie, hex signs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania German, Lancaster Countians, New York, United States, New Holland, Folklore Center, East Lampeter, Earl Township, Chamber of Commerce, Leacock Township, New England, Alfred Shoemaker, The Meadows, Alan Musselman, Berks County, Hotel Brunswick, Intelligencer Journal, Amos Funk, Central Market, Colonial Williamsburg, Cornelius Weygandt, Harvest Frolic, John Hostetler, National Geographic New!
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the "Garden Spot of America," is a place of contradictions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
idealized family farm, farm preservation, new comprehensive plan, rural renaissance, tourist booklets, farmland preservation, traditional family farm, garden spot, township supervisors, shoofly pie, hex signs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania German, Lancaster Countians, New York, United States, New Holland, Folklore Center, East Lampeter, Earl Township, Chamber of Commerce, Leacock Township, New England, Alfred Shoemaker, The Meadows, Alan Musselman, Berks County, Hotel Brunswick, Intelligencer Journal, Amos Funk, Central Market, Colonial Williamsburg, Cornelius Weygandt, Harvest Frolic, John Hostetler, National Geographic New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Pennsylvania Germans by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger on 7 pages
- A History Of The Amish by Steven M. Nolt on 5 pages
- Red Hills, The by Cornelius Weygandt on 5 pages
- The Country and the City by Raymond Williams on 4 pages
- Amish Society by John A. Hostetler on 4 pages
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- Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies) by Donald B. Kraybill in Back Matter
- The Palgrave Companion to North American Utopias by Prof. Virginia W. Friesen in Back Matter
- Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice by L. Asquith in Back Matter
- Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective by J. Samuel Walker in Back Matter
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