Download or read book Selling the Amish written by Susan L. Trollinger and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. Trollinger explores this puzzling incongruity, showing that Amish tourism is anything but plain and simple. Selling the Amish takes readers on a virtual tour of three such tourist destinations in Ohio’s Amish Country, the world’s largest Amish settlement. Trollinger examines the visual rhetoric of these uniquely themed places—their architecture, interior decor, even their merchandise and souvenirs—and explains how these features create a setting and a story that brings tourists back year after year. This compelling story is, Trollinger argues, in part legitimized by the Amish themselves. To Americans faced with anxieties about modern life, being near the Amish way of life is comforting. The Amish seem to have escaped the rush of contemporary life, the confusion of gender relations, and the loss of ethnic heritage. While the Amish way supports the idealized experience of these tourist destinations, it also raises powerful questions. Tourists 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.

Download or read book The Amish Cook written by Elizabeth Coblentz and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 75 traditional Amish recipes, practical gardening tips, and firsthand accounts of traditional Amish events like corn-husking bees and barn raisings. The Amish Cook is based on a newspaper column of the same name that started when aspiring editor Kevin Williams convinced Elizabeth Coblentz, an Old Order Amish wife and mother, to write a weekly cooking column. Each week Elizabeth shared a family recipe and discussed daily life on her Indiana farm, spent with her husband, Ben, and their eight children and 32 grandchildren. A truly unique collaboration between a simple Amish grandmother and a modern-day newspaperman, The Amish Cook is a poignant and authentic look at a disappearing way of life.

Download or read book The Coffee Corner written by Amy Clipston and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still single, Bethany worries that she’ll never find the love that her cousins have. In this third installment of Amy Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series, love begins to bloom between a coffee shop owner and a quiet carpenter. Bethany Gingerich runs a busy and successful coffee and donut stand at the Amish market where her three cousins have booths of their own. Outgoing and friendly, Bethany is thrilled that her shop is always full as her regular customers (and her cousins!) enjoy picking up their morning treats. Even though her business is doing well, she can’t help but feel something is missing in her life. Reserved carpenter Micah Zook and his grandfather, Enos, visit Bethany every Saturday morning to purchase coffee and donuts before going to work at Enos’s custom outdoor furniture shop. Although Bethany has a crush on quiet Micah, she fears that her bubbly personality irritates him. Micah, still grieving the loss of his fiancée, is just too shy to pursue Bethany . . . but he just can’t stop visiting the shop every week to see her warm and cheerful smile. When Micah and his grandfather don't show up one Saturday morning, Bethany begins to worry. And when she learns that tragedy has struck, she wonders how to help Micah in his time of need. He needs a friend now more than ever, and Bethany may be just the kind of friend that God has provided for him. Sweet, inspirational Amish romance Full-length novel (85,000 words) The third book in Amy Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series Book 1: The Bake Shop Book 2: The Farm Stand Book 3: The Coffee Corner Book 4: The Jam and Jelly Nook Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Download or read book Illinois written by A. Doyne Horsley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horsley focuses on the contrasting environments within the state of Illinois and on the interactions of the inhabitants with their surroundings. He uses a standard Progressing from the physical and historical factors, through economic activities, concluding with chapters on Chicago and its suburbs. The text includes an urban-rural traverse across the state and a series of maps on presidential voting records by counties, 1960 to 1984.

Download or read book The Worship Mall written by Bryan Spinks and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is in competition with the leisure and entertainment industries. The postmodern generation is open to spirituality, but young adults have not been born into faith communities that embrace them fully and command their allegiance over a lifetime. Studies suggest that for the young, belief in God is an optional matter, a consumer choice, and different trends in contemporary worship and worship styles are offered by churches to suit personal taste. What is in these trends that might appeal to "Gen Y"? Are they worship, or something other than worship? Bryan Spinks invites you to walk through The Worship Mall and see what is on offer in the postmodern culture.

Download or read book Half the Destination written by Nilesh Ranjan and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is about a guy named Amish who leaves his American job and returns back to India for his love Alisha. On his arrival in India he gets to know that his path was full of thorns and was not as simple as it appeared. The story shows the struggle of a guy who finds himself stuck between his responsibilities towards the family, job and his love for Alisha. It also depicts the moral boundaries that a girl has to adhere to in order to keep the honor of her family along with the person she falls in love with. It shows how a parent suddenly becomes the villain in their own daughter’s life. How will Amish manage to convince everyone in both the families? Will he be able to marry Alisha or will fall prey to the mind numb social barriers? The author has tried his best to depict the real challenges a person has to face as a consequence of falling in love in India.

Download or read book Politics of Parking written by Sarah Marusek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is more to parking law than just parking penalties. Considering the ways in which law works in everyday life, and in familiar places of common experience where the presence of law is not obvious, this book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders disputes over equality, speech, legitimacy, and entitlement that reach beyond the stated scope of policy. Looking beyond the obvious, this book examines the contested site of the parking space as a place of socio-legal meaning where property claims and rights shape identities. Adopting a constitutive approach to the study of law, the book examines how regulation of parking policy is at odds with the force of localised politics, producing competing notions of legality and examples of legal semiotics within the terrain of legal geography.

Download or read book Amish Inspired Quilts written by Becky Goldsmith and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple, classic Amish designs interpreted in bright fabrics.

Download or read book Starting Over written by Nance Sparks and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Phillips is going through the motions. She was happily married for thirty-four years when a car accident stole her wife and destroyed her perfectly planned future. Now, it’s all she can do to exist day by day. The one thing that keeps her going is her IT administration job at Walsh Software Design. All seems lost when software stability issues threaten her career, until a hotshot programmer struts into her world and makes Sam want to feel again. Jennifer Delgado doesn’t do cold and snow, but when a fluke February wildfire in the Southwest means evacuating for the third time in two years, it’s time for a change and she accepts a contract job in Minnesota. The weather is nothing compared to the unexpected feelings she develops for Sam. Jennifer has no idea if she can mend Sam’s broken soul, but it’s never too late for starting over.

Download or read book The Practice of Folklore written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Chicago Folklore Prize CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 Despite predictions that commercial mass culture would displace customs of the past, traditions firmly abound, often characterized as folklore. In The Practice of Folklore: Essays toward a Theory of Tradition, author Simon J. Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological need for tradition in everyday life. Bronner proposes a distinctive “praxic” perspective that will answer the pressing philosophical as well as psychological question of why people enjoy repeating themselves. The significance of the keyword practice, he asserts, is the embodiment of a tension between repetition and variation in human behavior. Thinking with practice, particularly in a digital world, forces redefinitions of folklore and a reorientation toward interpreting everyday life. More than performance or enactment in social theory, practice connects localized culture with the vernacular idea that “this is the way we do things around here.” Practice refers to the way those things are analyzed as part of, rather than apart from, theory, thus inviting the study of studying. “The way we do things” invokes the social basis of “doing” in practice as cultural and instrumental. Building on previous studies of tradition in relation to creativity, Bronner presents an overview of practice theory and the ways it might be used in folklore and folklife studies. Demonstrating the application of this theory in folkloristic studies, Bronner offers four provocative case studies of psychocultural meanings that arise from traditional frames of action and address issues of our times: referring to the boogieman; connecting “wild child” beliefs to school shootings; deciphering the offensive chants of sports fans; and explicating male bravado in bawdy singing. Turning his analysis to the analysts of tradition, Bronner uses practice theory to evaluate the agenda of folklorists in shaping perceptions of tradition-centered “folk societies” such as the Amish. He further unpacks the culturally based rationale of public folklore programming. He interprets the evolving idea of folk museums in a digital world and assesses how the folklorists' terms and actions affect how people think about tradition.

Download or read book Nature and the Environment in Amish Life written by David L. McConnell and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amish relationship to the environment is much more complicated than you might think. The pastoral image of Amish communities living simply and in touch with the land strikes a deep chord with many Americans. Environmentalists have lauded the Amish as iconic models for a way of life that is local, self-sufficient, and in harmony with nature. But the Amish themselves do not always embrace their ecological reputation, and critics have long questioned the portrayal of the Amish as models of environmental stewardship. In Nature and the Environment in Amish Life, David L. McConnell and Marilyn D. Loveless examine how this prevailing notion of the environmentally conscious Amish fits with the changing realities of their lives. Drawing on 150 interviews conducted over the course of 7 years, as well as a survey of household resource use among Amish and non-Amish people, they explore how the Amish understand nature in their daily lives and how their actions impact the natural world. Arguing that there is considerable diversity in Amish engagements with nature at home, at school, at work, and outdoors, McConnell and Loveless show how the Amish response to regional and global environmental issues, such as watershed pollution and climate change, reveals their deep skepticism of environmentalists. They also demonstrate that Amish households are not uniformly lower in resource use compared to their rural, non-Amish neighbors, though aspects of their home economy are relatively self-sufficient. The first comprehensive study of Amish understandings of the natural world, this compelling book complicates the image of the Amish and provides a more realistic understanding of the Amish relationship with the environment.

Download or read book Moon Pennsylvania written by Rachel Vigoda and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit historic battlefields, share the road with horse-drawn buggies, and explore two vibrant cities on the rise. Inside Moon Pennsylvania you'll find: Strategic itineraries like a 7-day spin through the best of the state, weekend trips, and tips for history buffs, families, and outdoor adventurers The top sights and unique experiences: Sneak a peek at the Liberty Bell and museum-hop in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Hike, camp, or show off your snowboarding skills in the Poconos, spot roaming elk in the Pennsylvania Wilds, and relax on the shores of Lake Erie. Learn about American history at Gettysburg, marvel at Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece in the Laurel Highlands, or take a horse-drawn buggy through Amish country. Find the best Philly cheesesteak, indulge in all that Hershey has to offer, and try a "Pittsburgh-style" sandwich stuffed with fries Suggestions for day trips from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, including Bucks County, Amish Country, Moraine and McConnells Mill State Parks, Fallingwater, and Cook Forest State Park Local tips from Philadelphia local Rachel Vigoda on when to go, how to get around, and where to stay Thorough background information on the landscape, wildlife, climate, and local culture Focused coverage of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, the Pocono Mountains, Pittsburgh, the Alleghenies, the Lake Region, and Pennsylvania Wilds With Moon Pennsylvania's practical tips and local insight, you can experience the best of the Keystone State. Staying in the city? Try Moon Pittsburgh or Moon Philadelphia. Exploring more of the East Coast? Try Moon Virginia & Maryland or Moon Washington DC.

Download or read book Plain and Fancy written by Albert Hague and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1956 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two sophisticated New Yorkers, with property to sell, find themselves stranded in Bird-in-Hand, PA and their encounters with the local Amish provide a charming and eye-opening look into the 'plain' people of this rural enclave as "country mouse meets city mouse.""-Publisher.

Download or read book 100 Things to Do in Ohio s Amish Country Before You Die written by Brandy Gleason and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amish Country in the northeastern part of Ohio is America’s largest Amish community, where visitors are treated to the best of the best comfort food, deeprooted historical locations, and opportunities to shop till you drop. There are so many things to do here that visitors would miss without a detailed guide. Consider 100 Things to Do in Ohio’s Amish Country Before You Die your new guidebook to hand-picked locations curated from all the local favorites, and hidden stops on the Amish Country backroads. Discover how the Amish came to this beautiful land of rolling hills, feed some animals on a wagon ride through a traditional farm, or have your taste buds burst with delight with some unique treats at one of the many bakeries. Find ideas for exploring the outdoors, charming historic downtowns, and even some hidden gems. Don’t miss the insider tips on home-cooked food, gourmet dining in the woods, where to see Swiss cheese being made, or the finest furniture store to find that handcrafted family heirloom to take home. Whatever you are looking for in Amish Country, author Brandy Gleason provides a personal perspective into the community she has enjoyed visiting and exploring for over 35 years. She invites you to rejuvenate and slow down a little as you enjoy everything this peaceful-feeling community offers.

Download or read book The Five Ton Life written by Susan Subak and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nearly twenty tons per person, American carbon dioxide emissions are among the highest in the world. Not every American fits this statistic, however. Across the country there are urban neighborhoods, suburbs, rural areas, and commercial institutions that have drastically lower carbon footprints. These exceptional places, as it turns out, are neither “poor” nor technologically advanced. Their low emissions are due to culture. In The Five-Ton Life, Susan Subak uses previously untapped sources to discover and explore various low-carbon locations. In Washington DC, Chicago suburbs, lower Manhattan, and Amish settlements in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, she examines the built and social environment to discern the characteristics that contribute to lower greenhouse-gas emissions. The most decisive factors that decrease energy use are a commitment to small interiors and social cohesion, although each example exhibits its own dynamics and offers its own lessons for the rest of the country. Bringing a fresh approach to the quandary of American household consumption, Subak’s groundbreaking research provides many pathways toward a future that is inspiring and rooted in America’s own traditions.

Download or read book Where to Weekend Around Ohio written by Mary Beth Bohman and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where to Weekend Around Ohio includes: Ohio Zanesville; Hocking Hills; Wayne National Forest; Ohio River Towns (Southeast); Cincinnati Highlights; King's Island; Waynesville and Caesar's State Park; Serpent Mound and Chillicothe; Point Pleasant and Ohio River Towns; Columbus Highlights; West Liberty and the Ohio Caverns; Cleveland Highlights; Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area; Amish Country; Western Reserve; NE Coast of Lake Erie; Sea World of Ohio & Six Flags of Ohio; NW Coast of Lake Erie; Cedar Point; Lake Erie Isles; Grand Lake - St. Mary State Park Kentucky Kentucky Bluegrass Country and Kentucky Horse Park; Natural Bridge and Red River Gorge Indiana Metamora; Brown County (Bloomington) Pennsylvania Erie Triangle Vineyards; Allegheny National Forest Region

Download or read book Outdoor School written by Diane Borsato and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outdoor School features recent works of contemporary environmental art and writing by more than twenty-five Canadian and Indigenous artists who propose radical new ways of thinking about and being outdoors together.