Umfang:
1 online resource (xx, 361 pages)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9781487547417
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9781487547400
Serie:
Transnational Mennonite studies
Inhalt:
On Stony Groundtraces a generation of Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union to Manitoba, detailing their adaptation to a new land.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names and Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Russia and Canada: The Consequences of the First World War -- 2 Russländer Find Homes -- 3 The Bases of Community -- 4 Re-establishing Institutions -- 5 Schools and Education -- 6 Debts, Depression, and a New Grunthal -- 7 Old World and New World Politics -- 8 Conflicted Identities -- 9 The War Years -- 10 Post-War Prosperity -- 11 A United and Divided Community -- 12 Generational Transition and Succession -- 13 Becoming Canadian -- Conclusion: The Past in the Present -- Appendix One: Elim Congregation Statistics -- Appendix Two: Agreement with the Intercontinental Company over Land on East Reserve -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Inhalt:
"On Stony Ground presents an historical ethnographic account of a generation of Mennonites from the Soviet Union who, following Russia's revolution and civil war, immigrated to Manitoba during the 1920s. James Urry examines how they came to terms with a new land and with their new neighbours, including other Mennonites, Ukrainians, French Canadians, and Indigenous peoples. The book discusses the impact of the Great Depression and how the immigrants struggled with their identity in Canada as Hitler and Stalin rose to power in Germany and the USSR. It reveals the immigrants' desire to maintain their faith, language, and culture while encouraging their children to take advantage of an education conducted mainly in English. On Stony Ground explores how prosperity following the Second World War helped the immigrants to build a community in conjunction with others, including Mennonites and non-Mennonites, and to accept their new home in Canada."--
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ISBN 9781487547424
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ISBN 9781487547370
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781487547424
Sprache:
Englisch
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