uction in the amount of farm land available in the principle areas where they have settled. Their way of living is inseparable from farming. And their highest goal, even among those who must do other farm-related work or work among the "English" (non-Amish), is to return to farming. As less and less arable land is available the Amish are forced to enter the work force in the outside world. For some there is always the possibility that they can use funds to buy the increasingly expensive farmland. But for most of those who work outside the community (now approximately 30 percent of the men) the work is alienating. By focusing on the possibility of returning to farming the Amish may be able to reduce the alienation inherent in working for someone else. They may also reduce it by the fact that the work enables them to support their families and keep them growing. But their identities have been deliberately structured into the idea of production for their own use and outside labor cannot help being an alienating experience.
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