Diaspora in the Countryside : : Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture / / Royden Loewen.
From the 1930s to the 1980s, the North American countryside faced a profound cultural transformation in which a once-unified rural society became fragmented and dispersed. Families wishing to remain on the farm were required to accept new levels of automation, while others, unwilling or unable to ma...
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Loewen, Royden, author. Diaspora in the Countryside : Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture / Royden Loewen. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2006 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- 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 Honduras -- 9. Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From the 1930s to the 1980s, the North American countryside faced a profound cultural transformation in which a once-unified rural society became fragmented and dispersed. Families wishing to remain on the farm were required to accept new levels of automation, while others, unwilling or unable to make the change, migrated to nearby towns or regional cities. The cultural reformulation that resulted saw the emergence of a genuine rural diaspora. The growing cultural and physical separation was especially true for close-knit, ethno-religious communities, Mennonites, in particular. Forced into regional cities, the kaleidoscopic urban culture further fragmented the Mennonites into disparate social entities.In Diaspora in the Countryside, the phenomena of rural fragmentation is examined by comparing and contrasting two closely-related but distinctive Dutch-Russian Mennonite communities located in different parts of the continent: Kansas and Manitoba, respectively. By systematically comparing these communities, two distinctive responses to the mid-twentieth century 'Great Disjuncture' are made apparent. Royden Loewen also contrasts the cultural changes of these farm families to the cultures their kin adopted in nearby towns and cities. Loewen charts not only the dispersion of two rural communities, but follows their former residents as they reformulate their lives in new settings. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Mennonites Kansas Meade County Social conditions 20th century. Mennonites Manitoba Hanover Social conditions 20th century. Rural-urban migration Kansas Meade County History 20th century. Rural-urban migration Manitoba Hanover History 20th century. HISTORY / North America. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802094186 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442627871 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442627871.jpg |
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Loewen, Royden, Diaspora in the Countryside : Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture / Heritage Frontmatter -- 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 Honduras -- 9. Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- 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 Honduras -- 9. Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- 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 Honduras -- 9. Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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