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Contents Preface vii chapter 1. Private Schools and Old Order Life 1 chapter 2. Old Order Schools and Old Order Identities 21 chapter 3. The Swartzentruber Schools 40 chapter 4. Small Schools in Small Settlements 72 chapter 5. Mainstream Amish Schools 103 chapter 6. Progressive Amish Schools 130 chapter 7. Old Order Mennonite Schools in Lancaster County 167 chapter 8. Publish or Perish 206 chapter 9. What’s Education For? 229 appendixes A. Informants 247 B. Schools and Locations 250 C. Hectograph Recipe 252 D. Representative School Schedules 253 Notes 255 Bibliography 273 Index 283 This page intentionally left blank ...

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