Mormons
essay 2001 May, Dean L.

MormonsNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This overview of Mormon history and society covers many topics: origins; migration; early settlement; educational and economic institutions; political, social, and religious organization; art; literature; and kinship and family....

It takes a village
essay 1999 May, Dean L.

MormonsNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This study examines different patterns of social organization in three Mormon communities: Alpine, Utah; Middletown, Idaho; and Sublimity, Oregon. The patterns, ranging from tight knit and clannish to a relative independence among families, are attri...