What the Amish Teach Us: Plain Living in a Busy World

by Donald B Kraybill

Book Overview

What do the traditional plain-living Amish have to teach twenty-first-century Americans in our hyper-everything world? As it turns out, quite a lot!

It sounds audacious, but it's true: the Amish have much to teach us. It may seem surreal to turn to one of America's most traditional groups for lessons about living in a hyper-tech world--especially a horse-driving people who resist progress by snubbing cars, public grid power, and high...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421442175
• ISBN13: 9781421442174
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.4"