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A biography of 19th century Mennonite entrepreneur, Jacob Y. Shantz. He lived in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Canada. He became wealthy manufacturing buttons, but is best known for his assistance to Mennonites immigrating to Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s.
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Biography, Emigration and immigration, History, MennonitesPeople
J. Y. Shantz (1822-1909)Places
Manitoba, Ontario, Soviet UnionShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Vicarious pioneer: the life of Jacob Y. Shantz
1988, Hyperion Press
Paperback
in English
0920534503 9780920534502
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Table of Contents
Prologue.
15
1. Son of the Pioneer.
19
2. The 1850s--His Father's Farm.
28
3. The 1860s--Contractor and Businessman.
39
4. The 1870s--Berlin Industrialist.
55
5. Canada's Northwest Discovered.
64
6. Mennonite Immigration.
77
7. The 'Mennonite Loan'.
99
8. At Home with the Shantzes.
111
9. Revival and the Reformed Mennonites.
118
10. The Disastrous Eighties.
133
11. Northwest Rediscovered--The Final Decades.
148
Appendices
I. Narrative of a Journey to Manitoba.
163
II. Testimony to Parliament.
181
III. Expressions of Faith--Articles from the Gospel Banner.
203
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [210]-216.
Includes index.
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Feedback?May 12, 2012 | Edited by Samuel Steiner | Description |
December 4, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
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