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English
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If Polygamy is the Lord's Order, We Must Carry it Out
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Frontier Women : The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880
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New York
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Hill & Wang
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147-78
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An overview of Mormon settlement in the West, with emphasis on American views of polygamy (especially as represented by nineteenth century literature/fiction), reasons for Mormons' success as experimental utopian community (unity and ideology), role of women in nineteenth century church, Zionism, Relief Society as a powerful institution, implications of polygamy--familial, social, economic, emotional.