Nature and the environment in Amish life
The pastoral image of Amish communities living simply and in touch with the land strikes a deep chord with many Americans. Environmentalists have lauded the Amish as iconic models for a way of life that is local, self-sufficient, and in harmony with nature. But the Amish themselves do not always emb...
| Main Authors: | McConnell, David L., 1959- (Author), Loveless, Marilyn D. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2018.
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| Series: |
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Deciphering the Amish relationship with nature
- Part I. Growing up rural. Raising children at nature's doorstep
- The Amish ecological footprint
- Part II. Working with nature. The transformation of Amish agriculture
- The forest for the trees : the wood-products industry
- Tinkering with creation : alternative animal breding
- Part III. Reconfiguring leisure and the outdoors. Brining nature home : from gardening to herbal and natural medicines
- Fin, fur, and feather : nature-based recreation
- Observing and writing nature : Amish as travelers and authors
- Part IV. The Amish as environmentalists. Acting locally : Amish responses to regional environmental issues
- Thinking globally : the Amish ecological imagination
- Parochial stewards : the Amish encounter with nature and the environment.