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Book SynopsisMilspaw, Lisa Minardi, Steven M. Nolt, Candace Perry, Sheila Rohrer, and Diane Wenger
Trade ReviewEssential. All readership levels.
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ChoiceThis volume admirably expands its analysis of culture to include the visual, from Taufscheine to Hollywood movies . . .
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Mennonite Quarterly ReviewThis book is a tour de force of Pennsylvania German history, language, and culture and points to many directions for future reserach... Considering the disciplinary breadth, array of methodological approaches, and theoretical foundations, this volume should succeed in starting important dialogues.
—Birte B. Pfleger,
H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Pennsylvania German Studies Simon J. Bronner and Joshua R. Brown Part 1: History and Geography1. The Old World BackgroundMark Haberlein2. To the New World: Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesJohn B. Frantz3. Communities and Identities: Nineteenth to the Twenty-First CenturiesDiane Wenger and Simon J. Bronner Part 2: Culture and Society4. The Pennsylvania German Language Mark Louden5. Language Use among Anabaptist Groups Donald B. Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and Edsel Burdge, Jr.6. ReligionJohn B. Frantz7. The AmishKaren Johnson-Weiner and Joshua R. Brown8. Literature Sheila Rohrer9. Agriculture and Industries R. Troy Boyer10. Architecture and Cultural LandscapesGabrielle Lanier11. Furniture and Decorative ArtsLisa Minardi12. Fraktur and Visual CultureLisa Minardi13. TextilesCandace Perry14. Food and CookingYvonne Milspaw15. MedicineDavid W. Kriebel16. Folklore and FolklifeSimon J. Bronner17. EducationWilliam W. Donner18. Heritage and TourismWilliam W. Donner19. Popular Culture and MediaSimon J. Bronner ContributorsIndex
