The Amish Struggle with Modernity
“This is certainly the best academic introduction to contemporary Amish Culture yet published. But it is also more than that--modernity comes under as much scrutiny as do the Amish. Rejecting all nostalgic approaches...the editors argue for a hardheaded appraisal of the Amish’s ongoing ‘warfare’ against modernity--a warfare that is similar to the less intense resistances numerous other groups have also raised against the modern world.”—Choice