How do migrants and refugees fashion group identities in the modern world? Following two communities of German-speaking Mennonites across four continents between 1870 and 1945, this transnational study explores how religious nomads selectively engaged with nationalism to secure practical objectives and create local mythologies.
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Introduction; 1. No lasting city (1870-1930); 2. A sort of homecoming (1929-1931); 3. Troubled tribes in the promised land (1930-1939); 4. Mennonite (di)visions (1930-1939); 5. Peanuts for the Führer (1933-1939); 6. Centrifugal fantasies, centripetal realities (1939-1945); Conclusion.