Virtually Amish preserving community at the Internet's margins

Virtually Amish : preserving community at the Internet's margins / Lindsay Ems.

Author/creator	Ems, Lindsay
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Description	199 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs
Subject(s)	Amish--Indiana --Customs and practices. Information technology--Religious aspects --Amish. Telephone--Religious aspects --Amish. Internet--Religious aspects --Amish. Technological innovations--Evaluation --Case studies. Information technology--Evaluation --Case studies. Decision making--Religious aspects --Amish. Information society--Indiana. Amish--Indiana --Economic conditions. Amish--Indiana --Interviews.

Portion of title	Preserving community at the Internet's margins
Series	Acting with technology
Contents	Happiest in the margins : Amish approaches to participation in high-tech capitalism -- From the fence to the switch : configuring communication systems for sanctuary -- Explicit structure, communal decisions : setting sanctuary's bounds -- Where the "rules" end, informal approaches to behavior change begin -- Critical Amish makers -- Internet management : configuring the Amish Internet -- Holism and a preference for face-to-face communication -- Communicating strategically for Amish empowerment.
Abstract	"Examination of how groups at the margins of the global economy-in this case, the Amish-use information and communication technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021031327
ISBN	9780262543637 (paperback)

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