Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Masters Theses

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication Year
Publication Type

Articles 121 - 122 of 122

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford Apr 1969

Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Aging In An Old Order Amish Mennonite Community, Louise Chahbazi Jan 1962

A Study Of Aging In An Old Order Amish Mennonite Community, Louise Chahbazi

Masters Theses

Introduction

The Old Order Amish Mennonites, undoubtedly the plainest of the "plain people," have a high regard for the beliefs and customs of their forebears. Their forefathers had no telephones, automobiles, electric lights, radios, or church buildings, so the Amish of today work the land with horses, travel in buggies, burn gas lights, gather in homes for worship services, and wear styles of dress which were common in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe.

Estimates made on the basis of recorded church membership in the Mennonite Yearbook place the Amish population of the United States at approximately 57,000. Their high birth …