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

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

Author/creator	Loewen, Royden, 1954-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.
Description	xv, 331 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Mennonites--Manitoba --Hanover --Social conditions --20th century. Mennonites--Kansas --Meade County --Social conditions --20th century. Rural-urban migration--Manitoba --Hanover --History --20th century. Rural-urban migration--Kansas --Meade County --History --20th century. Mennonites--Kansas --History --20th century. Mennonites--Manitoba --History --20th century. Mennonites--Belize --History --20th century. Hanover (Man.)--Social conditions --20th century. Meade County (Kan.)--Social conditions --20th century. United States--Rural conditions.

Series	Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series. ^A243022
Contents	The great disjuncture of ethnic farmers : life in two corners of a transnational grassland -- Snowdrift and Dust Bowl : the environment and cultural change -- 'Hold your heads high in your usual unassuming manner' : making a Mennonite middle class -- Joy and evangelicalism : rediscovering faith in Kansas -- Beyond shunning : reconfiguring the Old Manitoba Bruderschaft -- The rise and fall of the cheerful homemaker : womanhood in Kansas -- Poultrymen, car dealers, and football stars : masculinities in Manitoba -- Reinventing Mennonite tradition : old ways in the jungles of British Honduras -- Fragmented freedoms : studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver.
Local note	Little-348158--305131054437-
Local note	Little-348158--305131054437-
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-316) and index.
LCCN	2008272999
ISBN	9780252031786 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0252031784 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780252074257 (paper)
ISBN	0252074254 (paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BX8117.K36 L64 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold