New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, "New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State"
English | ISBN: 1501707604 | 2017 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1501707604 | 2017 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. While the Amish settlements in Pennsylvania and Ohio are internationally known, the Amish population in New York, the result of internal migration from those more established settlements, is more fragmentary and less visible to all but their nearest non-Amish neighbors. All of the Amish currently living in New York are post–World War II migrants from points to the south and west. Many came seeking cheap land, others as a result of schism in their home communities. The Old Order Amish of New York are relative newcomers who, while representing an old or plain way of life, are bringing change to the state.
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