Diaspora in the countryside : two Mennonite communities and mid-twentieth-century rural disjuncture / Royden Loewen.
| Author/creator | Loewen, Royden, 1954- |
| Format | Book |
| 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 |
| Subjects |
| 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- |
| 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) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BX8117.K36 L64 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |