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4119
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English
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Mormon Polygyny in the Nineteenth Century : A Theoretical Analysis
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Journal of Comparative Family Studies
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Spring 1989
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20
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13-20
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Evaluates various rationalizations (sexual, demographic, economic). Rejects all of these; people practiced plural marriage because of religious zeal. He emphasizes the need for both material and ideological explanations for phenomena like this.