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Author:

Jantzen, Mark, 1963-

Title:

Mennonite German soldiers : nation, religion, and family in the Prussian East, 1772-1880 / Mark Jantzen.

Publisher:

University of Notre Dame Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mennonites--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--History.
Mennonites--Prussia--Prussia--History.
Soldiers--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--History.
Soldiers--History.--Prussia--Prussia--History.
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--Church history.
Prussia (Germany)--Church history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-353) and index.

Contents:

Viewing German nationalism from the bottom up -- From Polish to Prussian subjects -- Redefining Mennonites' place in ancien régime Prussia -- The impact of defeat and victory in the Napoleonic wars -- New avenues into Prussian society, 1818-48 -- Revolutionary changes in Frankfurt and at home -- Family politics and generational transitions as windows into Prussian society -- The unification of Germany and the ideology of universal conscription -- The Kulturkampf and Mennonite reverberations in early Kaiserreich culture -- Conclusions.

ISBN:

0268032696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780268032692 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)643568988

LCCN:

2010024334

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)