Hidden worlds
Subtitle: revisiting the Mennonite migrants of the 1870s
By: Royden Loewen
Series: Cornelius H. Wedel historical series -- 12
Publisher: Bethel College
Published: 2001
Place of publication: North Newton, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Mennonites; Social life and customs; Immigrants
Description: "This book's aim is to interpret the past ...to discover from the lives of ordinary migrants the process by which cultures were created in new worlds. Knowing this process means knowing a central feature of the Mennonite migration of the 1870s." -- P. 8.
Notes: "This book began as the Menno Simons lectures at Bethel College, Kansas ... given in November 1999"--[ix].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-134) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wonders and drudgery : the diaries of Mennonite migrants, 1857-1879; title: 'If joint heirs of grace, how much more of temporal goods?' : Inheritance and community formation; title: Potato patch in a cornfield : the worlds of Mennonite immigrant women, 1881-1906; title: Mr. Plett and Mr. Bergey : Land and social practice in two Canadian Mennonite communities, 1890s; title: Neighbors : Mennonites and other rural folks in the American Midwest; title: Conclusion.