Diaspora in the Countryside Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth-Century Rural Disjuncture

Name: Diaspora in the Countryside Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth-Century Rural Disjuncture
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ISBN: 9780252074257

ISBN-10: 0252074254

ISBN-13: 9780252074257

Edition: 2006

Authors: Royden K. Loewen

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From the 1930s to the 1980s, the North American countryside faced a profound cultural transformation as rural society became fragmented and dispersed. Nowhere was this more true than among close-knit, ethno-religious communities such as the Mennonites. Farm families were required to accept new levels of automation and science, while those unwilling or unable to make these changes migrated to nearby towns or regional cities. Some escaped the transformation in new isolated rural places. These relocations and the cultural reformulation that resulted saw the emergence of an extraordinary diaspora of rural people.In Diaspora in the Countryside, Royden Loewen examines the phenomenon of rural…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Maps


Introduction



The Great Disjuncture and 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


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index