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The Mormon culture region: strategies and patterns in the geography of the American West, 1847-1964
Annals of the Association of American Geographers • 55 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 191-220
By: Meinig, D. W. (Donald William).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
After a review of literature on Mormon geography and the culture area, the author discusses the history of Mormon migration and colonization, non-Mormon intrusions, a precise definition of the Mormon culture region, and predictions about future demographic patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1847-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- D. W. Meinig
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- gs12000296
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons