Description
Book SynopsisCharting the shift from radicalism to conservatism in the Mormon American West
Trade ReviewWinner of the Best First Book Award, the Mormon History Association, 2004.
"Offers a fresh, nuanced interpretation of how yesterday's polygamous, communal, even anti-American Mormon radicals became modern-day social and political conservatives in the American West."--
Professional Geographer"Chief among [this book's] contributions are . . . a number of stimulating and novel insights about the causes and implications of the regional struggle between Mormons and non-Mormons during the period."--
Journal of Mormon History"This well-written book will . . . become a standard reference."--
Choice"Yorgason's challenging insights add an important dimension to the discussion of this time of transition, and they may well have a significant impact on how future scholars deal with it."--
American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: A Narrowed Regional Conversation 1
1. The Region as the Unit of Analysis 13
2. Moderating Feminist Imaginations 31
3. Privatizing Mormon Communitarianism 78
4. Re-presenting America 130
5. A New Type of Home 171
Afterword: Mormons and the Contemporary Mormon Culture Region 187
Notes 193
Works Cited 217
Index 253
