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Your search for: amish AND history


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Books on: amish history

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Journal Articles on: amish history

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Magazine Articles on: amish history

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Newspaper Articles on: amish history

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    Combine RV Shopping with Tour of Indiana Amish Country
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 10, 2006
    Subjects: 
    Recreational vehicles
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...close look at northern Indiana Amish life. You might want to try...mile loop through the heart of Amish Country that describes the areas history and points out main attractions...Information and a brochure titled Amish Country - Northern Indiana are...
     
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    Dancing Is the Work of Satan. If We Want to Have Fun We Pray; AMISH TEENAGERS FIND ANARCHY IN THE UK
    Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 28, 2010
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...they decide whether to remain Amish for life. This group have come...the show that she wanted to be Amish. "They seem so happy," she...At school she wasnt taught history, geography or science and, like all Amish, she believes in creationism...
     
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    Amish Exempt from Health Care Rules
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 26, 2010
    Subjects: 
    Health care industry, News agencies, The Associated Press
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...work," said Steven Nolt, a history professor at Goshen College who studies the Amish and Mennonites. Lawmakers whose...states or districts include large Amish populations pushed for the carve-out to ensure the Amish wouldnt be fined for not participating...
     
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    Money or Tradition Indiana Amish Face Uneasy Dilemma
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 12, 2009
    Subjects: 
    News agencies--Economic aspects, Recreational vehicles, The Associated Press
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Steven Nolt, a Goshen College history professor who has written several books on the Amish. But tradition has had to bend as northern IndianaAEs Amish continue to move away from...industry. A survey of 3,358 Amish heads of households living...
     
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    Delicious Stories Fill Amish Cookbook
    Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 18, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Lovina, took over as the Amish Cook, finding her own voice...She shares recipes and family history, combining them with tips on gardening, canning and the Amish ways. Eicher is a member of the Old Order Amish, which means she doesnt drive...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: amish history

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    Mennonites
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...distinguish the branches. The Amish in the United States are predominantly...Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, but Amish communities are found in more...the Mennnonite Church USA. History The name Mennonite is derived...and Ohio (especially in the Amish Country centered on Lancaster...
     
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    Pennsylvania Dutch
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Amish and the Mennonites. The Amish are particularly strict in the...lights, and telephones. The Amish have continued to oppose public...Court ruled in 1972 that the Amish were exempt from state compulsory...much material relative to the history and folklore of the Pennsylvania...
     
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    Pennsylvania
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...universities in the state system. History Exploration and Early Settlement...sects of Mennonites (including Amish), Moravians, Lutherans...Pennsylvania, Province and State: A History from 1609 to 1790 (2 vol...Klein and A. Hoogenboom, A History of Pennsylvania (2d ed. 1980...
     
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    Tay-Sachs Disease
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...St. Lawrence region, certain Cajuns in Louisiana, and some Amish communities. Tay-Sachs is an autosomal recessive disorder...mortality of past generations, there is often no known family history of the disease. Genetic screening for the disease has been...
     

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