The Amish... Selected References

Recommended Books

• The Amish of Illinois' Heartland , Rebecca Mabry. The News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 2007. Order on
       line at http://www.news-gazette.com/special/amish/ordering/
• Amish Society, John A. Hostetler. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1993.
• The Amish and the State, Ed. Donald B. Kraybill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2003.
• The Gentle People: An Inside View of Amish Life, by Joe Wittmer, Ph.D, with contributions from Amish Children and Adults, 2001. A History of the Amish, Steven M. Nolt, Good Books, Intercourse, PA, 1992.
• On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren" by Donald Kraybil   
          (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2001)
• "The Yoder Case" by Shawn Francis Peters (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2003)

History and Culture

• Amish Society, John A. Hostetler. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1980.
• The Amish and the State, Ed. Donald B. Kraybill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1993.
• Our Amish Neighbors, William I. Schreiber. University of Chicago Press, 1962. On the Ohio Amish.
• A History of the Amish, Steven M. Nolt, Good Books, Intercourse, PA, 1992
• A Peculiar People: Iowa's Old Order Amish. Elmer and Dorothy Schweider, Iowa State University Press,
               Ames Iowa, 1975.

Photographic Studies

• The Amish: A Photographic Album. Perry Cragg, published by Doris Cragg, 1470 Maple Rd., Cleveland,
                Ohio. Regional study of Ohio Amish.
• The Gentle People -- A Portrait of the Amish. James Warner and Donald Denlinger. Grossman Publishers,             New York. Limited to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• The Amish: A Pioneer Heritage, John Zielinski, 620 S. RiversideDrive, Iowa City, Iowa. Photos from many
               regions.
• Fields of Peace: A Pennsylvania German Album. Text by Millen Brand. Photos by George A. Tice.
               Doubleday.

Amish Schooling

• Children in Amish Society, John A. Hostetler and Gertrude E. Huntington. Holt Rinehart Winston, New York,
           1967. Case study used in education courses.
• Compulsory Education and the Amish, Albert Keim, Beacon Press, Boston, 1975. Discusses the struggle
           for religious liberty.

Educational Film

• The Amish, A People of Preservation. Produced by Heritage Publications, Inc. Two editions: No. 3499, 53 minutes; and No. 3399, 28 minutes. Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1822 Pickwick Ave., Glenview, Ill. Consult film rental libraries.

 

Source:

National Committee For Amish Religious Freedom
15343 Susanna Circle
Livonia, MI 48154
Phone (734) 464-3908
Email: amish@holycrosslivonia.org