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Family, Church, and Market : A Mennonite Community in the Old and the New Worlds, 1850-1930 / Royden Loewen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loewen, Royden, Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mennonites--Nebraska--Jansen Region--Social life and customs.
- Mennonites.
- Mennonites--Manitoba--Steinbach Region--Social life and customs.
- Russian Germans--Nebraska--Jansen Region--Social life and customs.
- Russian Germans.
- Russian Germans--Manitoba--Steinbach Region--Social life and customs.
- Mennonites--Russia--History--19th century.
- Jansen Region (Neb.)--Social life and customs.
- Jansen Region (Neb.).
- Steinbach Region (Man.)--Social life and customs.
- Steinbach Region (Man.).
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Royden Loewen's account tells of three generations of Mennonites for whom the farm family was the primary social unit. The sectarian, lay-oriented church congregation interpreted life's meaning and enforced strict social boundaries on the community level.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Introduction; PART I Kleine Gemeinde Mennonites in New Russia, 1850-74; 1. Sectarian Farmers and the "New World" in Russia; 2. Kinship, Marriage, and Women's Work in Borosenko Colony; 3. Piety and Church in New Russia's Society; PART II Immigration and Settlement: Transplanting the Community, 1874-79; 4. Community Transplanted; 5. Immigrant Families and Pioneer Women; 6. Reestablishing the Family Farm in New Lands; PART III Strategies of Integration: The First Generation in North America, 1880-1905; 7. Market Farming and the Mennonite Household
- 8. Steinbach and Jansen: A Tale of Two Towns9. Religious Upheavals: Change and Continuity; PART IV The Diverging Worlds of Farm and Town: The Second Generation, 1905-30; 10. Farmers, Merchants, and Workers in the Evolving Market Economy; 11. Town "Ladies" and Farm Women; 12. Aeltesten, Revivalists, and the Urbanizing World; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-359) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7636-6
- OCLC:
- 1129208315
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