Mennonite Colonization Efforts At Seminole Texas 1977 1979
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Seminole: Some People Never Give Up
Author | : Tina Siemens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2019-10-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781087813301 |
Two worlds collide as the Mennonites migrate from Canada to Mexico, and on to Texas while the U.S. Cavalry work to make the land safe for settlers. Tina Siemens tells the sweeping saga of an event that captivated the world: the story of immigration laws meeting religious beliefs. Something had to give. Seminole. Some People Never Give Up.
Mennonites in Texas
Author | : Laura L. Camden |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1603445382 |
With their distinctive head coverings, plain dress, and quiet, unassuming demeanor, the Mennonites are a distinctive presence within the often flamboyant and proud people of Texas. If you have seen them at a gas station, in a grocery store, or even at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, you have probably taken note and wondered how they came to be there. In this photographic tour of two Texas Mennonite communities, separated by almost 450 miles, Laura L. Camden and Susan Gaetz Duarte introduce you to the Beachy Amish Mennonites of Lott, a small community of approximately 160 people in Central Texas, and the very different Mennonites of Seminole, a West Texas farming community of more than five thousand residents and five separate congregations, several of which still speak the Mennonite Low German. Spending more than a year getting to know the families, participating in day-to-day activities, and photographing the unique culture of the communities, Camden and Gaetz Duarte developed deep insight into not just the religious beliefs but the family relationships, role expectations, and daily routines of these people. Through their camera lenses, they offer others a touchingly intimate view of a unique lifestyle seldom experienced by outsiders. In a foreword, former governor Ann Richards identifies the book as part of both the long photographic tradition in Texas and the tradition of cultural and religious diversity in the state. Mark L. Louden's introduction provides the historical backgrounds of Mennonites in Europe, their core beliefs, and their development into branches in North America. Dennis Carlyle Darling offers insightful comments on the photography that allows an intimate, respectful view of the people, their lifestyle, and their culture.
The West Texas Historical Association Year Book
Author | : West Texas Historical Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Texas |
ISBN | : |
The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands as a Multicultural Region
Author | : Ellwyn R. Stoddard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Cultural pluralism |
ISBN | : |
America, History and Life
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1368 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : |
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
A History of Appalachia
Author | : Richard B. Drake |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2003-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813137934 |
Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country, and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil, gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time, radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about the region's rural character.