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Tracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research to introduce the Amish to their non-Amish neighbors. In the last decade, New York State has had the fastest-growing Amish population. This work highlights the diversity of Amish settlement in New York State and the contribution of New York's Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. The second edition of New York Amish updates settlement areas to acknowledge recently established communities and to demonstrate the impact of growth, schism, and migration on existing settlements. In addition, chapters treating external and internal challenges to Amish settlement and the challenges Amish settlement poses to neighboring non-Amish communities have been updated, and a new chapter looks to the future of New York's Amish. All maps have been updated, and a new map showing all of New York's Amish communities has been added.

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""New York Amish is impressive both in terms of thematic and geographical scope. The keynote is the diversity within the Amish experience, and Karen Johnson-Weiner explores the many points of difference and debate (dress, marriage, education, excommunication, etc.). We hear about both those who might be termed 'progressive' and those (such as the Swartzentruber Amish) who are resolutely conservative. The book's greatest strength is that it derives from a wealth of fieldwork. Johnson-Weiner has spent a good deal of time living with the Amish and the result is a nuanced study of the effects of place on religious practice.""-Religious Studies Review ""New York Amish is a useful book for information about Amish communities in the Empire State. It advances understanding of Amish migration and the opportunities and challenges of new settlements. As the pace of settlement formation continues to increase, these are significant contributions to Amish studies.""-Agricultural History ""This is a fascinating and much-needed book on the New York Amish. New York is the 'go-to' state for the Amish today, and Johnson-Weiner's book could not have been better timed for publication.""-Pennsylvania History ""After reading Johnson-Weiner's book I felt I'd been given an enthusiastic guided tour of the New York State Amish community.""-North Country Public Radio

New York Amish is impressive both in terms of thematic and geographical scope. The keynote is the diversity within the Amish experience, and Karen Johnson-Weiner explores the many points of difference and debate (dress, marriage, education, excommunication, etc.). We hear about both those who might be termed 'progressive' and those (such as the Swartzentruber Amish) who are resolutely conservative. The book's greatest strength is that it derives from a wealth of fieldwork. Johnson-Weiner has spent a good deal of time living with the Amish and the result is a nuanced study of the effects of place on religious practice. -Religious Studies Review New York Amish is a useful book for information about Amish communities in the Empire State. It advances understanding of Amish migration and the opportunities and challenges of new settlements. As the pace of settlement formation continues to increase, these are significant contributions to Amish studies. -Agricultural History This is a fascinating and much-needed book on the New York Amish. New York is the 'go-to' state for the Amish today, and Johnson-Weiner's book could not have been better timed for publication. -Pennsylvania History After reading Johnson-Weiner's book I felt I'd been given an enthusiastic guided tour of the New York State Amish community. -North Country Public Radio

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Karen M. Johnson-Weiner is Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is the author of Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools and coauthor of The Amish.

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