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Culture Summary: Mormons

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2018 • Pages:

By: Swanson, Eleanor C., Skoggard, Ian A..

Abstract

This is a culture summary of the Mormon people. Information is presented on major aspects of Mormon culture.

HRAF PubDate

2018

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard; 2013

Field Date

not applicable

Coverage Date

1830-2008

Coverage Place

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada; Alexander Archipelago, southeastern Alaska

Notes

Eleanor C. Swanson and Ian Skoggard

This culture summary is based on the article "Mormons," by Eleanor C. Swanson, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 1, North America, Timothy O’Leary and David Levinson, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1991. Ian Skoggard updated population figures and wrote the sections on Industrial Arts, Trade, Kinship, Domestic Unit, Inheritance, Social Control, Arts, Medicine, and Death and Afterlife in January 2013.

Includes bibliographical references

LCSH

Mormons