Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Maps xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Great Disjuncture and Ethnic Farmers: Life in Two Corners of a Transnational Grassland 18
7. 2. Snowdrift and Dust Bowl: The Environment and Cultural Change 34
8. 3. ‘Hold Your Heads High in Your Usual Unassuming Manner’: Making a Mennonite Middle Class 58
9. 4. Joy and Evangelicalism: Rediscovering Faith in Kansas 82
10. 5. Beyond Shunning: Reconfiguring the Old Manitoba Bruderschaft 102
11. 6. The Rise and Fall of the Cheerful Homemaker: Womanhood in Kansas 124
12. 7. Poultrymen, Car Dealers, and Football Stars: Masculinities in Manitoba 145
13. 8. Reinventing Mennonite Tradition: Old Ways in the Jungles of British Honduras 169
14. 9. Fragmented Freedoms: Studies of Mennonites in Winnipeg and Denver 202
15. Conclusion 228
16. Notes 237
17. Bibliography 299
18. Index 317