Train up a child Old Order Amish & Mennonite schools /

Johnson-Weiner, Karen.

Train up a child Old Order Amish & Mennonite schools / [electronic resource] : Karen M. Johnson-Weiner. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xii, 289 p. : ill. - Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies . - Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-282) and index.

Private schools and old order life -- Old order schools and old order identities -- The Swartzentruber schools -- Small schools in small settlements -- Mainstream Amish schools -- Progressive Amish schools -- Old Order Mennonite schools in Lancaster County-- Publish or perish -- What's education for?


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Amish children--Education.
Mennonite children--Education.
Amish--Social life and customs.
Old Order Mennonites--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

LC586.A45 / J64 2007

371.071/97