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Garden spot : Lancaster County, the old order Amish, and the selling of rural America /

Each year, millions of tourists are drawn to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to experience first-hand the quintessential pastoral-both as an escape from urban life and as a rare opportunity to become immersed in history. The area has attracted visitors eager to catch a glimpse of the distinctive rel...

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Основен автор: Walbert, David J.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Предмети:
Rural development > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Rural conditions.
Rural development.
Amische.
Soziale Situation.
La˜ndlicher Raum.
Lancaster County (Pa.) > Rural conditions.
Amish Country (Pa.)
Pennsylvania > Amish Country.
Pennsylvania > Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa., County)
Electronic books.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Garden spot.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: a fertile soil
  • Cultivating the garden : the invention of Lancaster County
  • Pride and progress : education, literacy, and the little red schoolhouse
  • Dutch country : the Amish and tourism
  • Domain of abundance : food and farming
  • Landscape of progress : urbanization and planning
  • Preserving the garden : development and farm preservation
  • Epilogue: the harvest
  • Appendix : Farms and population of Lancaster County, 1900-2000.

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