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Notes on Mormon polygamy
Mormonism and American culture • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 101-111
By: Ivins, Stanley S. (Stanley Snow).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the doctrine and demography of Mormon polygamy over the 65-year period (1841-1904) in which it was practiced. A 1913 study showed that only fifteen to twenty percent of marriages were polygamous. These were no more fertile than monogamous marriages during the period. Polygamy was not only slow to catch on but also was easily abandoned as most Mormons never cared to practice it. For references cited see Hill and Allen (1972 “Selected bibliography”).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Polygamy
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- 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; Martin Malone; 1978. 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
- 1841-1890
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Illinois and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stanley S. Ivins
- For bibliographical references see document 95
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72082900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons