Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

1. Introduction
2. Land of Opportunity, 1804–1817
3. A Public Life, 1818–1824
4. Awakening, 1824–1828
5. Imposing Order, 1828–1834
6. Mennonites in the Era of Small Reforms, 1834–1838
7. "A Useful Man," 1838–1842
8. The Warkentin Affair, 1841–1842
9. An Agent of the State, 1842–1847
10. Conclusion: "Something for the Future," 1847–1848

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

John R. Staples is a professor of Russian and Soviet history at the State University of New York at Fredonia.