Modern polygamy in the United States : historical, cultural, and legal issues / edited by Cardell K. Jacobson with Lara Burton.
| Other author | Jacobson, Cardell K., 1941- |
| Other author | Burton, Lara. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xxvi, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue : the incident at Eldorado, Texas / Cardell K. Jacobson and Lara Burton -- A repeat of history : a comparison of the Short Creek and Eldorado raids on the FLDS / Martha Sonntag Bradley -- One vision : the making, unmaking, and remaking of a fundamentalist polygamous community / Heber B. Hammon and William Jankowiak -- Twenty years of observations about the fundamentalist polygamists / Ken Driggs -- History, culture, and variability of Mormon schismatic groups / Janet Bennion -- Differing polygamous patterns : nineteenth-century LDS and twenty-first-century FLDS marriage systems / Kathryn M. Daynes -- Demographic, social, and economic characteristics of a polygamist community / Tim B. Heaton and Cardell K. Jacobson -- The many faces of polygamy : an analysis of the variability in modern Mormon fundamentalism in the intermountain west / Janet Bennion -- "What love got to do with it?" : earthly experience of celestial marriage, past and present / Carrie A Miles -- Social scientific perspectives on the FLDS rain and the corresponding media coverage / Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen -- Learning the wrong lessons : a comparison of FLDS, Family International, and Branch Davidian child-protection interventions / Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd -- The international fight against barbarism : historical and comparative perspectives on marriage timing, consent, and polygamy / Arland Thornton -- Child protection law and the FLDS raid in Texas / Linda F. Smith -- The intricacies and ethics of parental genetic testing / Deborah L. Cragun and Ryan T. Cragun. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009047938 |
| ISBN | 9780199746378 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0199746370 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780199746385 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0199746389 (pbk.) |