Ethnic Urban Dominance: Demographic, Ecological and Institutional Patterns

Adaptations of urban dominance theory & a new world systems model are employed in an examination of the economic & political dominance of the Mennonite ethnic group in western Canada since 1780. Analysis of census data, secondary sources, & informal surveys shows that factors such as dispersion of men in WWII & entrance into the service professions have contributed to 4 dominant core Mennonite metropolitan areas & a rural-urban shift. Mennonite churches, colleges, organizations, businesses, & media have located in these centers & the Mennonites there have become more open to outgroup neighbors. 5 Tables, 1 Figure, 36 References. V. Wagener