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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437642003321

Autore

Coburn Carol

Titolo

Life at Four Corners : Religion, Gender, and Education in a GermanLutheran Community, 1868 -1945 / / Carol K. Coburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lawrence : , : University Press of Kansas, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-7006-0682-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps ;

Collana

Rural America.

Soggetti

Soziale Situation

Luthertum

Lutheraner

Deutsche

Geschichte 1868-1945

Geschichte (1868-1945)

Sex role

Manners and customs

Lutherans

German Americans - Social life and customs

German Americans - Ethnic identity

Education

Education - Kansas - Block - History - 20th century

Education - Kansas - Block - History - 19th century

Sex role - Kansas - Block - History - 20th century

Sex role - Kansas - Block - History - 19th century

Lutherans - Kansas - Block - History - 20th century

Lutherans - Kansas - Block - History - 19th century

German Americans - Kansas - Block - Ethnic identity

German Americans - Kansas - Block - Social life and customs

History

Block, Kan

Deutsche

Block (Kan.)

Kansas Block

Block (Kan.) Social life and customs



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Defined less by geography than by demographic character, Block, Kansas, in many ways exemplifies the prevalent yet seldom-scrutinized ethnic, religion-based community of the rural Midwest. Physically small, the town sprang up around four corners formed by crossroads. Spiritually strong and cohesive, it became the educational and cultural center for generations of German-Lutheran families. In this book Carol Coburn analyzes the powerful combination of those ethnic and religious institutions that effectively resisted assimilation for nearly 80 years only to succumb to the influences of the outside world during the 1930s and 1940s. Emphasizing the formal and informal education provided by the church, school, and family, she examines the total process of how values, identities, and all aspects of culture were transmitted from generation to generation.