Village among nations : "Canadian" Mennonites in a transnational world, 1916-2006 /

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Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of traditionalist Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations "returned" in large numbers for economic and social security.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Loewen, Royden, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Mennonites > Historiography.
Mennonites > Canada > History > 20th century.
Transnationalism.
Mennonites > Historiographie.
Mennonites > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transnationalisme.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
Emigration and immigration
Mennonites
Mennonites > Historiography
Transnationalism
Canada > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Canada > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Canada
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Leaving the "British Empire" in Canada: promises in the South, 1916-1921
  • Drawing lines on God's earth: settlers in Mexico and Paraguay, 1922-1929
  • Dreaming of "Old" Canada: nostalgia in the diaspora, 1930-1945
  • Rethinking time and space: East Paraguay and beyond, 1945-1954
  • Meeting the outside gaze: new life in British Honduras and Bolivia, 1954-1972
  • Crystallizing memory: the "return" of the Kanadier, 1951-1979
  • Imagining a Pan-American village: reading Die Mennonitische Post, 1977-1996
  • Homing in on the transnational world: women migrants in Ontario, 1985-2006.

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