Life at Four Corners Religion, Gender, and Education in a GermanLutheran Community, 1868 -1945 / Carol K. Coburn.
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TextSeries: Rural AmericaPublisher: University Press of Kansas, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations, mapsISBN: 9780700630806Subject(s): Block, Kan | Deutsche | Block (Kan.) | Kansas -- Block | Block (Kan.) -- Social life and customs | Soziale Situation | Luthertum | Lutheraner | Deutsche | Luthertum | Geschichte 1868-1945 | Geschichte (1868-1945) | Lutheraner | Soziale Situation | 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 customsGenre/Form: History. | Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available: Summary: 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.
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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.
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