 | Diaspora in the Countryside: Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture Subjects: Mennonites -- Manitoba -- Social conditions; Mennonites -- Kansas -- Social conditions; Rural-urban migration -- Manitoba -- History -- 20th century; Rural-urban migration -- Kansas -- History -- 20th century; Loewen charts not only the dispersion of two rural communities, but follows their former residents as they reformulate their lives in new settings. Loewen Royden : Royden Loewen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies and a professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. He is an award-winning author of a number of books on Mennonites and immigrants in North America. |
