{"product_id":"transformation-on-the-southern-ukrainian-steppe-letters-and-papers-of-johann-cornies-volume-ii-1836-1842-hardback-9781487504496","title":"Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe; Letters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume II: 1836-1842 (Hardback) 9781487504496","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLetters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume II: 1836-1842\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarvey L. Dyck (Edited by), John R. Staples (Edited by), Ingrid I. Epp (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487504496\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e752 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm, 1.16 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement. Among the immigrants who arrived were communities of Prussian Mennonites, recruited as \"model colonists\" to bring progressive agricultural methods to the east. The three volumes of \u003ci\u003eTransformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe\u003c\/i\u003e document the Tsarist Mennonite experience through the papers of Johann Cornies (1789–1848), an ambitious and energetic leader of the Mennonite colony of Molochna.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume covers the years between 1836 and 1842, beginning with the creation of the Mennonite Agricultural Society and ending with the Warkentin Affair, which pushed the Mennonite settlement to the precipice of potential religious and political disaster. Throughout this era, Johann Cornies negotiated a shifting political landscape while guiding his community through equally challenging economic times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCornies was well connected in the imperial government, and his papers offer a window not just into the world of the Molochna Mennonites, but also into the Tsarist state\u0026amp;#x2019;s relationship with the national minorities of the frontier: Mennonites, Doukhobors, Nogai Tatars, and Jews. This selection of his letters and reports, translated into English, is an invaluable resource for scholars of all aspects of life in Tsarist Ukraine and for those interested in Mennonite history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eTranslator\u0026amp;#x2019;s Note\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Correspondence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1836 \u003cbr\u003e1837 \u003cbr\u003e1838 \u003cbr\u003e1839 \u003cbr\u003e1840 \u003cbr\u003e1841 \u003cbr\u003e1842 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Johann Cornies\u0026amp;#x2019; Archaeological Excavation Reports\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors\u0026amp;#x2019; Introduction \u003cbr\u003eReports\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Genealogy of Johann Cornies\u0026amp;#x2019; Immediate Family \u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: List of Correspondents \u003cbr\u003eAppendix III: Glossary \u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV: Chronology \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595468927256,"sku":"9781487504496","price":59.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transformation-on-the-southern-ukrainian-steppe-letters-and-papers-of-johann-cornies-volume-ii-1836-1842-hardback-9781487504496","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}