Transformation of the Mormon Culture Region
Analyzes how the moral/culture shifted at the turn-of-the-twentieth-century enabling Mormons and non-Mormons to live peacefully together for the first time. How they moved from one of the most liberal regional communities to one of the most conservative.
Paper – $27
978-0-252-07771-5
eBook – $14.95
978-0-252-05653-6
Publication Date
Paperback: 09/30/2010
About the Book
In this unique study, Ethan R. Yorgason examines the Mormon "culture region" of the American West, which in the late nineteenth century was characterized by sexual immorality, communalism, and anti-Americanism but is now marked by social conservatism. Foregrounding the concept of region, Yorgason traces how Mormons and non-Mormons resolved their cultural contradictions over time by a progressive narrowing of the range of moral positions on gender (in favor of Victorian gender relations), the economy (in favor of individual economics), and the nation (identifying with national power and might).About the Author
Ethan R. Yorgason is an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Brigham Young University, Hawai'i.Reviews
"Offers a fresh, nuanced interpretation of how yesterday's polygamous, communal, even anti-American Mormon radicals became modern-day social and political conservatives in the American West."--Professional Geographer"Chief among [this book's] contributions are . . . a number of stimulating and novel insights about the causes and implications of the regional struggle between Mormons and non-Mormons during the period."--Journal of Mormon History
"This well-written book will . . . become a standard reference."--Choice
"Yorgason's challenging insights add an important dimension to the discussion of this time of transition, and they may well have a significant impact on how future scholars deal with it."--American Historical Review
Awards
• Winner, Mormon History Association Awards, 2004Related Titles
