Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-316) and index.
Contents
The great disjuncture of ethnic farmers : life in two corners of a transnational grassland -- Snowdrift and Dust Bowl : the environment and cultural change -- 'Hold your heads high in your usual unassuming manner' : making a Mennonite middle class -- Joy and evangelicalism : rediscovering faith in Kansas -- Beyond shunning : reconfiguring the Old Manitoba Bruderschaft -- The rise and fall of the cheerful homemaker : womanhood in Kansas -- Poultrymen, car dealers, and football stars : masculinities in Manitoba -- Reinventing Mennonite tradition : old ways in the jungles of British Honduras -- Fragmented freedoms : studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver.