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Garden spot : Lancaster county, the old order Amish, and the selling of rural America
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- Summary
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Each year, tourists are drawn to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to experience pastoral life. David Walbert examines how 20th century American culture has come to define and appreciate rurality, an...
Each year, tourists are drawn to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to experience pastoral life. David Walbert examines how 20th century American culture has come to define and appreciate rurality, and how growth and economic expansion can co-exist with preservation of the traditional ways of life.
Details
- Creator
- David Walbert
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 258 p. ) ill., facsim., maps
- ISBNs
- 0197713408, 0195180291, 9786610481798, 128048179X, 1282367129, 9786612367120, 0198033826, 0195348923, 1602567352, 0195148436, 0195148444
- OCLC
- ocm53956453, on1406786431
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: A Fertile Soil -- Chapter 1: Cultivating the Garden: The Invention of Lancaster County -- Chapter 2: Pride and Progress: Education, Literacy, and the Little Red Schoolhouse -- Chapter 3: Dutch Country: The Amish and Tourism -- Chapter 4: Domain of Abundance: Food and Farming -- Chapter 5: The Landscape of Progress: Urbanization and Planning -- Chapter 6: Preserving the Garden: Development and Farm Preservation -- Epilogue: The Harvest -- Appendix: Farms and Population of Lancaster County, 1900-2000 -- Notes -- Index