Diaspora in the Countryside: Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture

by Royden Loewen

From the 1930s to the 1980s, the North American countryside faced a profound cultural transformation in which a once-unified rural society became fragmented and dispersed. Families wishing to remain on the farm were required to accept new levels of automation, while others, unwilling or unable to make the change, migrated to nearby towns or regional cities. The cultural reformulation that resulted saw the emergence of a genuine rural diaspora...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080209418X
• ISBN13: 9780802094186
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher