Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Wonders and Drudgery: The Diaries of Mennonite Migrants, 1857-1879 9
6. 'If Joint Heirs of Grace, How Much More of Temporal Goods?': Inheritance and Community Formation 33
7. Potato Patch in a Cornfield: The Worlds of Mennonite Immigrant Women, 1881-1906 51
8. Mr. Plett and Mr. Bergey: Land and Social Practice in Two Canadian Mennonite Communities, 1890s 69
9. Neighbors: Mennonites and Other Rural Folks in the American Midwest 89
10. Conclusion 103
11. Endnotes 107
12. Selected Bibliography 127
13. Index 135