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Book SynopsisTourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon.
Trade ReviewMillions of people (this reviewer included) visit Ohio's Amish country, but few consider the penetrating insights Trollinger raises... Following an excellent review of Amish history and belief, she looks at what tourists find when they 'connect' with the plain people... A great book! Choice Trollinger begins Selling the Amish with a praiseworthy overview of Amish history. She enriches her analysis with theories and concepts of tourism: consumer culture, preservation, authenticity, social drama, commemoration, and exotic encounters. -- Steven D. Reschly Indiana Magazine of History The book is highly readable and well documented, making it accessible to students and useful to scholars and those interested in Amish studies. -- Diane Zimmerman Umble Journal of Mennonite Studies Susan Trollinger... covers many Amish Country themes that reveal much about tourists and their ideas of the Amish in her book Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia... She makes the book accessible to a general audience by writing both as a tourist and as an academic. -- Caroline Brock H-Net Reviews
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Who Are the Amish?
2. Tourism in Amish Country
3. Time and Gender in Walnut Creek
4. Technology and Innocence in Berlin
5. Ethnicity and Performance in Sugarcreek
6. Nostalgia and the Power of Amish Witness
Notes
Bibliography
Index
