Explaining the Amish
Abstract
Attempts to explain the survival and success of the American Amish community by examining its history, tenets, structures and life style. Concludes by stressing the importance of the community’s unambiguous value system, its clear borders/boundaries, its emphasis on integration and continuity, its commitment to the “work ethic”, its techniques of separation, and its meaningful and efficacious rites and rituals.
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Citation
O’Neil, D.J. (1997), "Explaining the Amish", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 24 No. 10, pp. 1132-1139. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299710184930
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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