 | Family, Church, and Market: A Mennonite Community in the Old and the New Worlds, 1850–1930 Subjects: Mennonites -- Manitoba -- Steinbach Region; Mennonites -- Nebraska -- Jansen Region; Mennonites -- Soviet Union; Mennonites -- Colonization -- Manitoba; Mennonites -- Colonization -- Nebraska; Royden Loewen's account tells of three generations of Mennonites for whom the farm family was the primary social unit. The sectarian, lay-oriented church congregation interpreted life's meaning and enforced strict social boundaries on the community level. 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. |
