Item Detail
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13880
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English
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Polygamy and the Assimilation of Scandinavian Immigrants in Richfield, Utah, 1880
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Genealogical Journal
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1999
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27
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no.3-4
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140-53
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A study of several factors (Church and secular positions) and participation in polygamy shows that Scandianvians were well-accepted in the community in Richfield. Historians have contended that polygamy was generally only practiced by the elite. This study showed that Scandinavians had a high rate of polygamy in Richfield, lending further evidence that Richfield Scandinavians assimiliated well into the society