{"product_id":"village-among-nations-canadian-mennonites-in-a-transnational-world-1916-2006-9781442614673","title":"Village Among Nations: Canadian Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Royden Loewen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the 1920s and the 1940s, 10,000 traditionalist Mennonites emigrated from western Canada to isolated rural sections of Northern Mexico and the Paraguayan Chaco; over the course of the twentieth century, they became increasingly scattered through secondary migrations to East Paraguay, British Honduras, Bolivia, and elsewhere in Latin America. Despite this dispersion, these Canadian-descendant Mennonites, who now number around 250,000, developed a rich transnational culture over the years, resisting allegiance to any one nation and cultivating a strong sense of common peoplehood based on a history of migration, nonviolence, and distinct language and dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVillage among Nations\u003c\/em\u003e recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of these Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations \"returned\" in large numbers for economic and social security. Royden Loewen analyzes a wide variety of texts, by men and women - letters, memoirs, reflections on family debates on land settlement, exchanges with curious outsiders, and deliberations on issues of citizenship. They relate the untold experience of this uniquely transnational, ethno-religious community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890816925847,"sku":"9781442614673","price":4115.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442614673.webp?v=1781181456","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/village-among-nations-canadian-mennonites-in-a-transnational-world-1916-2006-9781442614673","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}