Hidden worlds : revisiting the Mennonite migrants of the 1870s / Royden Loewen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loewen, Royden, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--North America--Social life and customs.

Mennonites.

Mennonites--North America--History--19th century.

History.

Manners and customs.

North America.

Physical Description:

x, 139 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, [2001]

Contents:

Wonders and drudgery: the diaries of Mennonite migrants, 1857-1879

'If joint heirs of grace, how much more of temporal goods?': inheritance and community formation

Potato patch in a cornfield: the worlds of Mennonite immigrant women, 1881-1906

Mr. Plett and Mr. Bergey: land and social practice in two Canadian Mennonite communities, 1890s

Neighbors: Mennonites and other rural folks in the American midwest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0887556558 :

OCLC:

48230126