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English
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The International Fight Against Barbarism : Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Marriage Timing, Consent, and Polygamy
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Modern Polygamy in the United States : Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues
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New York, NY
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Oxford University Press
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259-97
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Arland Thornton also takes a comparative approach. He provides insight into how the ideas of modernity and backwardness have been used int the United States to motivate and justify public reactions and policies toward family composition. His developmental discourse suggests that the perception of polygamy and other aspects of the FLDS community as backward and uncivilized may have played roles in the 2008 raid and in previous raids on polygamous groups. [Editors' summary]