RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND ECONOMIC-PERFORMANCE - AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY OF THE AMISH, 1850-80

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: COSGEL, MM
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700012948
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 319-331
• 关键词: old order amish

摘要

The farming practices of the Amish have differed in various ways from those of other farmers. I use the information from federal census schedules to examine the differences during the period 1850 to 1880 in light of Amish culture. Amish farmers did not resist technological change during 1850-80, but the evidence shows other systematic differences. They adopted distinct patterns in investment to ensure the survival of their religious culture, which in turn affected their relative performance.