Exiled among nations : German and Mennonite mythologies in a transnational age / John P.R. Eicher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eicher, John P. R., 1981- author.

Series:

Publications of the German Historical Institute

Standardized Title:

Now too much for us

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--Ethnic identity.

Mennonites.

Mennonites--Cultural assimilation.

Mennonites--Paraguay--History.

Germans--Paraguay--History.

Germans.

Emigration and immigration--History.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

National characteristics, German.

Group identity.

Transnationalism.

Paraguay.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 337 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book poses two questions: How do mobile populations fashion collective narratives as nations, religions, and diasporas? Specifically, how did Germanspeaking Mennonites-a part of the larger German-speaking diaspora-conceive of themselves as Germans and Christians during the era of high nationalism? I answer these questions by tracing the movements of two groups of Mennonites between 1874 and 1945"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

No lasting city (1870-1930)

A sort of homecoming (1929-1931)

Troubled tribes in the promised land (1930-1939)

Mennonite (di)visions (1930-1939)

Peanuts for the Führer (1933-1939)

Centrifugal fantasies, centripetal realities (1939-1945).

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Iowa, 2015, titled Now too much for us : German and Mennonite transnationalisms, 1874-1944.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Eicher, John P.R., 1981- Exiled among nations

ISBN:

9781108486118

1108486118

OCLC:

1111637428