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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walbert, David J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press
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Collection: Netlibrary - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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