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More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910
Kathryn M. Daynes
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Description for More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910
paperback. When Joseph Smith announced his revelation that plural marriage was essential to attaining the highest level of eternal salvation, he introduced what became the most notorious aspect of Mormon culture. This title offers a look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 photographs; 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
More Wives Than One offers an in-depth look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Focusing on the small community of Manti, Utah, Kathryn M. Daynes provides an intimate view of how Mormon doctrine and Utah laws on marriage and divorce were applied in people's lives.
More Wives Than One offers an in-depth look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Focusing on the small community of Manti, Utah, Kathryn M. Daynes provides an intimate view of how Mormon doctrine and Utah laws on marriage and divorce were applied in people's lives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252075605
SKU
V9780252075605
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About Kathryn M. Daynes
Kathryn M. Daynes, an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, is a contributor to Nauvoo in Mormon History and Fulfilling the Founding: A Reader for American Heritage.
Reviews for More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910
Best Book Award, Mormon History Association, 2001. Best Book Award, Utah State Historical Society, 2001. "Kathryn M. Daynes's book is the most important study to date of plural marriage in nineteenth-century Utah and is especially significant for its detailed analysis of the demographics of Mormonism's 'peculiar institution.'"
American Historical Review "The scope of Kathryn Daynes's book is truly breathtaking and richly ... Read more
American Historical Review "The scope of Kathryn Daynes's book is truly breathtaking and richly ... Read more