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Mormons
Mormons and Mormonism : an introduction to an American world religion • Urbana • Published In 2001 • Pages: 47-75
By: May, Dean L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Cooperative organization
- Ethnic stratification
- Theological systems
- Ecclesiastical organization
- Education
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- 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
- 1850-1980
- 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
- Dean L. May
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-75)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00008707
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons