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Diaspora in the countryside : two Mennonite communities and mid-twentieth-century rural disjuncture /

Loewen charts not only the dispersion of two rural communities, but follows their former residents as they reformulate their lives in new settings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loewen, Royden, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Great Disjuncture and Ethnic Farmers: Life in Two Corners of a Transnational Grassland; 2 Snowdrift and Dust Bowl: The Environment and Cultural Change; 3 'Hold Your Heads High in Your Usual Unassuming Manner': Making a Mennonite Middle Class; 4 Joy and Evangelicalism: Rediscovering Faith in Kansas; 5 Beyond Shunning: Reconfiguring the Old Manitoba Bruderschaft; 6 The Rise and Fall of the Cheerful Homemaker: Womanhood in Kansas; 7 Poultrymen, Car Dealers, and Football Stars: Masculinities in Manitoba.
  • 8 Reinventing Mennonite Tradition: Old Ways in the Jungles of British Honduras9 Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Illustrations.