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Author Evans, S. M., author

Title A geography of the Hutterites in North America / Simon M. Evans
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Forging a Home on the Frontier: Dakota Territory, 1874-1918 -- The Exodus, 1918-1920 -- Surviving the Great Depression, 1920-1941 -- "Enemy Aliens": World War II and Its Aftermath, 1941-1972 -- Some Freedom of Locational Choice: Varied Reactions, 1973-1981 -- Unfettered Diffusion: Expanding Settlement Patterns, 1981-2015 -- The Driving Force behind Diffusion: Hutterite Demography -- Bones of Contention: Factors shaping Diffusion -- The Legacy of Diffusion: Cultural Landscapes -- Making a Living: Diversified Agriculture -- Beating the Squeeze: Adaptive Strategies -- Reprise and Musings on the Future
Summary Simon M Evans analyzes the German-speaking Anabaptist community, focusing on their history of expansion, their patterns of population growth, the additions they make to the cultural landscape of the northern plains, and their contributions to the agricultural and light manufacturing economies of their home states and provinces
Subject Hutterian Brethren -- United States
Hutterian Brethren -- Canada
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
Hutterian Brethren
Population
SUBJECT Canada -- Population
United States -- Population. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140483
Subject Canada
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496228338
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9781496228321
1496228324