When Joseph Smith announced his revelation that plural marriage was essential to attaining the highest level of eternal salvation, he introduced wh...
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Nov 16, 2011
Martha
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Mormon studeis/sociology/religion/history... If you like these you will enjoy this book as much as I did. Kathryn M. Daynes's book is the most important study to date of plural marriage in the nineteenth-century Utah and is especially significant for its detailed analysis of the demographics of Mormonism's 'peculiar institution.'" I have read this book twice and I think it is time for me to read it once more.
Jan 18, 2009
Eric
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A scholarly, somewhat dispassionate look into plural marriage among the early LDS, full of interesting insights. Be prepared it is written in a tone that makes it more academic than a pleasure read, depending on your perspective of what pleasure reading is of course.
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May 05, 2011
Stephen
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This book did a better job of explaining the culture of polygamy than any other book I've read on the subject. It's a historically complicated topic, but I thought this book did well-documented justice to the motivations of the people involved in polygamy's establishment and promulgation.
May 12, 2010
Audrey
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I wanted a very scholarly, objective view on the history of this subject. Kathryn Daynes started this book as her Master's thesis and ended up making a book. It definitely reads like a thesis at times, but the information is well organized and accessible.
Sep 05, 2010
Mormon
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I love this book so far. There are so many stories leaving me scratching my head, in amazement. I had some real discomfort with polygamy (and still do), but this book made me feel better about it.
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