Living Without Electricity (People’s Place Book No. 9)

Price: $15.44
(as of Sep 20, 2026 07:57:59 UTC – Details)


          How do the Amish get along without electric lights or appliances, computers, power tools, or their own phones? This book examines the Amish response to technology. Also, the role of invention among the Amish. This book tells how and why the Amish live without inventions other people take for granted: How do you light a room without electricity? How do you keep warm without centralized heating? What do you do for entertainment when you don’t have TV? How do you get around without a car? How do you communicate when you don’t have a phone?           Living Without Electricity explains how the Amish cook and store food, pump water, wash clothes, and even run farms and businesses. It describes the practices of other Old Order groups in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several South American countries.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 093467261X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Good Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1990
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780934672610
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0934672610
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.38 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #196 in Green Housecleaning #704 in Small Homes & Cottages #756 in Home Repair
Customer Reviews: 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (84) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Customers find the book informative, with one mentioning it provides a good basic guide to living as a plain person. They describe it as interesting, with one customer noting it’s a quick entertaining read.