Author:
Janzen, Rod A.
Imprint:Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxx, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Communal Christians in North America -- Origins and history -- Immigration and settlement in North America -- Four Hutterite branches -- Beliefs and practices -- Life patterns and rites of passage -- Identity, tradition, and folk beliefs -- Education and cultural continuity -- Colony structure, governance, and economics -- Population, demography, and defection -- Managing technology and social change -- Relationships with non-Hutterites -- Facing the future.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-362) and index.
