A highly acclaimed classic, the fourth edition of Amish Society has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America.About the Author: John A. Hostetler (1918-2001) is author of the widely acclaimed Hutterite Society, available from Johns Hopkins. Raised in the Amish faith, he was founding director of the Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and a former professor of anthropology and sociology at Temple University.