On Stony Ground

Russländer Mennonites and the Rebuilding of Community in Grunthal

James Urry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2024
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4737-0 (ISBN)

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On Stony Ground traces a generation of Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union to Manitoba, detailing their adaptation to a new land.

On Stony Ground presents a historical ethnographic account of a generation of Mennonites from the Soviet Union who, following Russia’s revolution and civil war, immigrated to Manitoba during the 1920s. James Urry examines how they came to terms with a new land and with their new neighbours, including other Mennonites, Ukrainians, French Canadians, and Indigenous Peoples.

The book discusses the impact of the Great Depression and how the immigrants struggled with their identity in Canada as Hitler and Stalin rose to power in Germany and the USSR. It reveals the immigrants’ desire to maintain their faith, language, and culture while encouraging their children to take advantage of an education conducted mainly in English. On Stony Ground explores how prosperity following the Second World War helped the immigrants to build a community in conjunction with others, including Mennonites and non-Mennonites, and to accept their new home in Canada.

James Urry is an anthropologist and historian who has published widely on Mennonites and the history of anthropology.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Russia and Canada: The Consequences of the First World War

2. Russländer Mennonites Find Homes

3. The Bases of Community

4. Re-establishing Institutions

5. Schools and Education

6. Debts, Depression, and a New Grunthal

7. Old and New World Politics

8. Conflicted Identities

9. The War Years

10. Post-War Prosperity

11. A United and Divided Community

12. Generational Succession and Transition

13. Becoming Canadian

Conclusion

Appendixes

1. Elim Congregation Statistics (Baptised Members / Families / Totals 1927–c.1980)

2. Agreement with the International Company over Land on East Reserve

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Transnational Mennonite Studies
Zusatzinfo	22 b&w illustrations, 8 b&w maps, 18 b&w tables
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 231 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4875-4737-4 / 1487547374
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-4737-0 / 9781487547370
Zustand	Neuware