Exiled among nations : German and Mennonite mythologies in a transnational age /
Eicher, John P. R.,1981-author.
"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"--
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.
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).
"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"--
Mennonites
Mennonites
Mennonites
Germans
Emigration and immigration
National characteristics, German.
Group identity.
Transnationalism.