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Mennonites, Politics, and Peoplehood.


Mennonites, Politics, And Peoplehood

James Urry

University of Manitoba Location
The main Fort Garry campus is a complex on the Red River in south Winnipeg. It has an area of 2.74 square kilometres. More than 60 major buildings support the teaching and research programs of the university.
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301 St. John's College, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T R3T Real Text Three Dimensional  2M5

0887556884 $27.95 www.umanitoba.ca

Mennonites, Politics, And Peoplehood: Europe--Russia--Canada: 1525 to 1980 by James Urry (Reader in Anthropology at New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington
This page is about a New Zealand university. For other universities with 'Victoria' in their name, see Victoria University (disambiguation).


Victoria University of Wellington, also known in Māori as
) is an extensive and scholarly study of the Mennonite people and their role in history and politics. Containing previously unscripted un·script·ed  
adj.
Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift.
 events and facts, Mennonites, Politics, And Peoplehood reveals the activism of the Mennonites throughout history and spanning both western and eastern Europe; their migrations to North America; as well as their links between kingdoms, empires, republics, and democratic nations in the context of peace, war, and revolution. Mennonites, Politics, And Peoplehood is very highly recommended reading, both for its scholarly research and its profusely pro·fuse  
adj.
1. Plentiful; copious.

2. Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments.
 documented contribution an appreciation of the historical political activism and social involvement of the Mennonites.
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Title Annotation:Mennonites, Politics, and Peoplehood: Europe--Russia--Canada, 1525 to 1980
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Date:May 1, 2006
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