An edition of Family, church, and market (1993)
Family, church, and market
a Mennonite community in the Old and the New Worlds, 1850-1930
By Royden Loewen
Publish Date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Language
eng
Pages
370
Description:
Annotation Loewen examines how the Mennonites' social structure and life goals accommodated societal changes and tells of three generations for whom the farm family was the primary social unit. The group's strategies of cultural continuity dictated that they adapt sensitively and carefully to the market economy and the outside world. Photos. Maps.
subjects: History, Mennonites, Russian Germans, Social life and customs, Immigranten, Doopsgezinden, Egyháztörténet, Mennoniter, Mennonita, Historia, Vardagsliv och traditioner, Mennoniták, Manners and customs, Bevándorlók, Mennonites, history, Mennonites, social life and customs, Nebraska, social life and customs, Manitoba, Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde, Mennoniten
Places: Jansen Region, Jansen Region (Neb.), Manitoba, Nebraska, Russia, Steinbach Region, Steinbach Region (Man.)
Times: 19th century