Garden spot : Lancaster County, the old order Amish, and the selling of rural America

Garden spot : Lancaster County, the old order Amish, and the selling of rural America / David Walbert.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walbert, David J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Rural development > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Rural conditions
Rural development
Amische
Soziale Situation
Ländlicher Raum
Lancaster County (Pa.) > Rural conditions.
Amish Country (Pa.)
Pennsylvania > Amish Country
Pennsylvania > Lancaster County
Lancaster County, Pa.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a fertile soil
  • Cultivating the garden : the invention of Lancaster County
  • Pride and progress : education, literacy, and the little red schoolhouse
  • Dutch country : the Amish and tourism
  • Domain of abundance : food and farming
  • Landscape of progress : urbanization and planning
  • Preserving the garden : development and farm preservation
  • Epilogue: the harvest
  • Appendix : Farms and population of Lancaster County, 1900-2000.

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