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Germans of Turkestan: Formation of an Ethnic Community from 1880s to 1906

open access: yesНаучный диалог
This study examines the migration and demographic development of German landowner settlers in the Turkestan General-Governorship (specifically the Transcaspian and Syr-Darya regions) between 1880 and 1906. Primary sources include administrative documents
V. N. Shaidurov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Dutch Fanconi Anemia FANCC Founder Mutation in Canadian Manitoba Mennonites

open access: yesAnemia, 2012
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a recessive DNA instability disorder associated with developmental abnormalities, bone marrow failure, and a predisposition to cancer.
Y. de Vries   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of Loewen, Royden. 2016. Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press. Pp. 243.

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2017
Royden Loewen's Horse and Buggy Genius brings a different voice to the ongoing conversation about the place of horse-and-buggy groups in contemporary Western society.
Janelle Zimmerman
doaj  

Review of German Language, Cradle of Our Heritage—Amos Hoover

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2020
German Language, Cradle of our Heritage provides a window into the social story behind heritage language maintenance among High German-speaking Swiss Mennonites (as opposed to the Low German-speaking Netherlandic Mennonites).
Roslyn Burns
doaj  

Yielded to Christ or conformed to this world? Postwar Mennonite responses to labour activism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This is the accepted version of the manuscript.The urbanization of North American Mennonites after the Second World War necessitated a reconsideration of Mennonite religious beliefs.
Biesecker-Mast, Gerald J.   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Bourdieu in Plain Anabaptist Studies? A Symposium Review of Good Gingrich, Luann. 2016. Out of Place: Social Exclusion and Mennonite Migrants in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2017
"Editor’s introduction—This symposium offers the reviews of two authors who, without sparing whatever criticism can be mustered, hold her work up as archetypal for rigorous methods and theory in plain Anabaptist studies.
Jeffrey Longhofer   +2 more
doaj  

Old Colony Mennonites in Argentina and Bolivia. Nation Making, Religious Conflict and Imagination of the Future

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2011
Review for the book by Lorenzo Canás  Bottos, Old Colony Mennonites in Argentina and Bolivia. Nation Making, Religious Conflict and Imagination of the Future. Leiden, Boston: Brill 2008, 216 pages.
Aimar Ventsel
doaj  

Living on the Edge: Old Colony Mennonites and Digital Technology Usage

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
Mainstream society’s perceptions of traditional Mennonites tend towards viewing them as technologically deficient. Yet, cell phones, computers, and tablets are increasingly prevalent within this population. Challenging stereotypes, this article considers
Kira Turner
doaj  

The Experiences of Low German-Speaking Mennonite Men in Alternative Education Programs in Southwestern Ontario

open access: yesJournal of Teaching and Learning, 2017
The tradition of leaving high school and finding full-time employment after grade 8 has put Low German-speaking (LGS) Mennonites in rural Southwestern Ontario in a vulnerable economic position.
Cameron Brubacher   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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