Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia Folk Art Hand crafted wooden replicas of

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Jennifer L

The engaging text is a product of forty years of collecting and wide-ranging research

Max Kade Inst

John Wiley & Sons

Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia Folk Art Hand crafted wooden replicas ofMore than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. Trollinger explores this puzzling incongruity, showing that Amish tourism is anything but plain and simple.