Book
The Mormon village: a pattern and technique of land settlement
University of Utah Press • Salt Lake City • Published In 1952 • Pages:
By: Nelson, Lowry.
Abstract
first part discusses settlement patterns and their origin in a design for the City of Zion drawn up by early Mormon leaders. The second part presents case studies of six villages, three in Utah and three in Canada. Each village sketch contains settlement history, land use patterns, and a variety of sociological data (e.g., on housing, population trends, social institutions, material style of life, occupational specialization, education, etc.) drawn from the author's community surveys.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Sociologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1977
- Field Date
- 1923, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1950
- Coverage Date
- 1849-1950
- Coverage Place
- Utah, United States; Alberta, Canada
- Notes
- By Lowry Nelson
- Category 361 has been used to cover settlement plans and discussions of pioneering, in addition to actual settlement patterns. Information on community organization for American Fork and Ephraim will be found in Categories 633 and 632 respectively, while similar information for smaller settlements will be found in Category 621.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291)
- LCCN
- 53000164
- LCSH
- Villages--Utah
- Land settlement--Utah
- Mormons--Utah