Mennonites in Canada, 1939-1970 : : A People Transformed / / T.D. Regehr.
When war broke out in 1939 Canadian Mennonites were overwhelmingly a rural people. By 1970 they had largely completed one of the greatest `migrations' in their history - the transformation from a rural to an urban community. In this third and final volume of Mennonite history in Canada, T.D. Re...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (600 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF TABLES
- PREFACE
- A PERSONAL PROLOGUE
- Introduction: A People Transformed
- Part One: The Setting
- 1. Canadian Mennonites in 1939
- Part Two: The Crucible of War
- 2. Wartime Alternative and Military Service
- 3. Voluntary Service
- 4. Refugee Immigrants
- 5. Wartime Changes in Agriculture
- Part Three: Years of Prosperity
- 6. The Continuing Agricultural Base
- 7. New Economic Opportunities
- 8. Lure of the Cities
- Part Four: Preparing the Next Generation
- 9. Nurture and Training of Youth
- 10. Church and Community Schools
- 11. High Schools and Colleges
- 12. Artistic and Literary Voices
- 13. New Leadership
- Part Five: Mission and Witness
- 14. Mission at Home
- 15. Mission to the World
- 16. Peace, Justice, and Social Concerns
- Conclusion: Looking Back
- APPENDIX A: Mennonite Groups in Canada
- APPENDIX B: Conferences / Branches in Canada
- APPENDIX C: Membership of Conferences / Branches
- APPENDIX D: Census Figures
- APPENDIX E: Mennonite Journals and Newspapers
- APPENDIX F: Mennonite Rural-Urban Statistics
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- INDEX