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California Mennonites
Brian Froese
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Description for California Mennonites
Hardback. This book-the first of its kind-will appeal to historians and religious studies scholars alike. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33, 3 maps, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Books about Mennonites have centered primarily on the East Coast and the Midwest, where the majority of Mennonite communities in the United States are located. But these narratives neglect the unique history of the multitude of Mennonites living on the West Coast. In California Mennonites, Brian Froese relies on archival church records to examine the Mennonite experience in the Golden State, from the nineteenth-century migrants who came in search of sunshine and fertile soil to the traditionally agrarian community that struggled with issues of urbanization, race, gender, education, and labor in the twentieth century to the evangelically oriented, partially assimilated ... Read more
Books about Mennonites have centered primarily on the East Coast and the Midwest, where the majority of Mennonite communities in the United States are located. But these narratives neglect the unique history of the multitude of Mennonites living on the West Coast. In California Mennonites, Brian Froese relies on archival church records to examine the Mennonite experience in the Golden State, from the nineteenth-century migrants who came in search of sunshine and fertile soil to the traditionally agrarian community that struggled with issues of urbanization, race, gender, education, and labor in the twentieth century to the evangelically oriented, partially assimilated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421415123
SKU
V9781421415123
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About Brian Froese
Brian Froese is an associate professor of history at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Reviews for California Mennonites
Immediate audience for this book will be those with an interest in Mennonite history, others will find it useful as a case study of the effort of a religious group to relate to a new and very different cultural environment.
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Sobering, insightful and witty... Froese's treatment of these complex religious transformations is well-balanced, even-handed and well-documented... A ... Read more
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Sobering, insightful and witty... Froese's treatment of these complex religious transformations is well-balanced, even-handed and well-documented... A ... Read more