The Great Basin Kingdom

Author : Leonard J. Arrington
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Economics
ISBN : 0252072839

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Leonard Arrington, who died in 1999, is considered by most, if not all, serious scholars of Mormon and western history as the single most important figure to write on LDS history. Great Basin Kingdom is perhaps his greatest work. A classic in Mormon studies and western history, Great Basin Kingdom offers insights into the 'underdeveloped' American economy, a comprehensive treatment of one of the few native American religious movements, and detailed, exciting stories from little-known phases of Mormon and American history. This edition includes thirty new photographs and an introduction by Ronald W. Walker that provides a brief biography of Arrington, as well as the history of the work, its place in Mormon and western historiography, and its lasting impact.

Author : Leonard J. Arrington
Publisher : Bison Books
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011725598

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Great Basin Kingdom by Leonard J. Arrington Pdf

Leonard Arrington, who died in 1999, is considered by most, if not all, serious scholars of Mormon and western history as the single most important figure to write on LDS history. Great Basin Kingdom is perhaps his greatest work. A classic in Mormon studies and western history, Great Basin Kingdom offers insights into the 'underdeveloped' American economy, a comprehensive treatment of one of the few native American religious movements, and detailed, exciting stories from little-known phases of Mormon and American history. This edition includes thirty new pictures and an introduction by Ronald W. Walker that provides a brief biography of Arrington, as well as the history of the work, its place in Mormon and western historiography, and its lasting impact.

Author : Leonard J. Arrington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Utah
ISBN : 0674360508

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The Great Basin Kingdom by Leonard J. Arrington Pdf

Author : Leonard James ARRINGTON,Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Utah
ISBN : OCLC:556939942

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Great Basin Kingdom. An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1900. (Third ... Printing.). by Leonard James ARRINGTON,Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pdf

Author : Thomas G. Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041107736

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Great Basin Kingdom Revisited by Thomas G. Alexander Pdf

"This book frames questions about the direction of Mormon history, poses issues about land use and settlement in the West, explores the myths surrounding irrigation, and reflects aspects of the Mormon Western experience. Each of the contributors takes a fresh look at Leonard J. Arrington's Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1900 thirty years after the original publication of this influential work. Essays by seven prominent scholars have been selected and each presents a critical evaluation of the impact of Great Basin Kingdom on their respective disciplines. Great Basin Kingdom is explored from such diverse points of view as environmental studies, literature, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, and history"--Book jacket.

Author : Thomas G. Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Utah
ISBN : UCAL:B4395655

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Great Basin Kingdom Revisited by Thomas G. Alexander Pdf

"This book frames questions about the direction of Mormon history, poses issues about land use and settlement in the West, explores the myths surrounding irrigation, and reflects aspects of the Mormon Western experience. Each of the contributors takes a fresh look at Leonard J. Arrington's Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1900 thirty years after the original publication of this influential work. Essays by seven prominent scholars have been selected and each presents a critical evaluation of the impact of Great Basin Kingdom on their respective disciplines. Great Basin Kingdom is explored from such diverse points of view as environmental studies, literature, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, and history"--Book jacket.

Author : Leonard J. Arrington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1368271793

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Great Basin Kingdom by Leonard J. Arrington Pdf

Author : David Vaughn Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135012458

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Brigham Young by David Vaughn Mason Pdf

Brigham Young was one of the most influential—and controversial—Mormon leaders in American history. An early follower of the new religion, he led the cross-continental migration of the Mormon people from Illinois to Utah, where he built a vast religious empire that was both revolutionary and authoritarian, radically different from yet informed by the existing culture of the U.S. With his powerful personality and sometimes paradoxical convictions, Young left an enduring stamp on both his church and the region, and his legacy remains active today. In a lively, concise narrative bolstered by primary documents, and supplemented by a robust companion website, David Mason tells the dynamic story of Brigham Young, and in the process, illuminates the history of the LDS Church, religion in America, and the development of the American west. This book will be a vital resource for anyone seeking to understand the complex, uniquely American origins of a church that now counts over 15 million members worldwide.

Author : Ryan Dearinger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520284593

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The Filth of Progress by Ryan Dearinger Pdf

"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful riches and did the Lord's bidding. Celebrated for their spirit and perseverance in 'building' the nation's infrastructure, they found respect for looking to tomorrow and creating a future. For generations, most indexes of American history supported and reinforced this narrative of progress. Yet, if this is the historical memory, it is conveniently stunted. What of those whose bodies strained and broke under the load of such glories? What of those men beyond the din and fanfare who only appear in old photographs with faces blurred and indistinguishable? In their lives and deaths in the mud, muck, and mountains is another history of American achievement. These barely visible and forgotten, ordinary men, 'unskilled' immigrants from Ireland and China, Mormons, and native-born American workingmen rank, as well, as the creators of national growth and progress. Their experiences and voices, along with those of the privileged and well-connected, are the subjects of this study. I examine the rise of Western canals and railroads to national prominence through the menial labor of countless men, largely hidden from view because they left virtually no paper trail, who strung together livelihoods at the economic fringes of society. This book examines the contest for control of American progress and history as distilled from the competing narratives of canal and railroad construction workers and those fortunate enough to avoid this fate"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Brigham Young Card
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0888642121

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The Mormon Presence in Canada by Brigham Young Card Pdf

Although Mormons have been a presence in Canada for over a century and a half, their image has repeatedly altered. The Mormon Presence in Canada traces the history of Mormons in Canada and addresses contemporary issues including economics and politics, demographic and social aspects of ethnicity.

Author : Richard V. Francaviglia
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780874175806

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Believing In Place by Richard V. Francaviglia Pdf

The austere landscape of the Great Basin has inspired diverse responses from the people who have moved through or settled in it. Author Richard V. Francaviglia is interested in the connection between environment and spirituality in the Great Basin, for here, he says, "faith and landscape conspire to resurrect old myths and create new ones." As a geographer, Francaviglia knows that place means more than physical space. Human perceptions and interpretations are what give place its meaning. In Believing in Place, he examines the varying human perceptions of and relationships with the Great Basin landscape, from the region's Native American groups to contemporary tourists and politicians, to determine the spiritual issues that have shaped our connections with this place. In doing so, he considers the creation and flood myths of several cultures, the impact of the Judeo-Christian tradition and individualism, Native American animism and shamanist traditions, the Mormon landscape, the spiritual dimensions of gambling, the religious foundations of Cold War ideology, stories of UFOs and alien presence, and the convergence of science and spirituality. Believing in Place is a profound and totally engaging reflection on the ways that human needs and spiritual traditions can shape our perceptions of the land. That the Great Basin has inspired such a complex variety of responses is partly due to its enigmatic vastness and isolation, partly to the remarkable range of peoples who have found themselves in the region. Using not only the materials of traditional geography but folklore, anthropology, Native American and Euro-American religion, contemporary politics, and New Age philosophies, Francaviglia has produced a fascinating and timely investigation of the role of human conceptions of place in that space we call the Great Basin.

Author : Eugene McCarraher
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674242777

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The Enchantments of Mammon by Eugene McCarraher Pdf

“An extraordinary work of intellectual history as well as a scholarly tour de force, a bracing polemic, and a work of Christian prophecy...McCarraher challenges more than 200 years of post-Enlightenment assumptions about the way we live and work.” —The Observer At least since Max Weber, capitalism has been understood as part of the “disenchantment” of the world, stripping material objects and social relations of their mystery and magic. In this magisterial work, Eugene McCarraher challenges this conventional view. Capitalism, he argues, is full of sacrament, whether one is prepared to acknowledge it or not. First flowering in the fields and factories of England and brought to America by Puritans and evangelicals, whose doctrine made ample room for industry and profit, capitalism has become so thoroughly enmeshed in the fabric of our society that our faith in “the market” has become sacrosanct. Informed by cultural history and theology as well as management theory, The Enchantments of Mammon looks to nineteenth-century Romantics, whose vision of labor combined reason, creativity, and mutual aid, for salvation. In this impassioned challenge to some of our most firmly held assumptions, McCarraher argues that capitalism has hijacked our intrinsic longing for divinity—and urges us to break its hold on our souls. “A majestic achievement...It is a work of great moral and spiritual intelligence, and one that invites contemplation about things we can’t afford not to care about deeply.” —Commonweal “More brilliant, more capacious, and more entertaining, page by page, than his most ardent fans dared hope. The magnitude of his accomplishment—an account of American capitalism as a religion...will stun even skeptical readers.” —Christian Century

Author : Thomas G. Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Utah
ISBN : 0874213517

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Great Basin Kingdom Revisited by Thomas G. Alexander Pdf

This book poses issues about land use and settlement in the West, explores the myths surrounding irrigation, and reflects aspects of the Mormon Western experience.

Author : Donald E. Green
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780292772311

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Land of the Underground Rain by Donald E. Green Pdf

The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers on the plateau were forced to use pump technology to tap the vast ground water resources—the underground rain—beneath its flat surface. The evolution from windmills to the modern high-speed irrigation pumps took place over several decades. Three phases characterized the movement toward irrigation. In the period from 1910 to 1920, large-volume pumping plants first appeared in the region, but, due to national and regional circumstances, these premature efforts were largely abortive. The second phase began as a response to the drouth of the Dust Bowl and continued into the 1950s. By 1959, irrigation had become an important aspect of the flourishing High Plains economy. The decade of the 1960s was characterized chiefly by a growing alarm over the declining ground water table caused by massive pumping, and by investigations of other water sources. Land of the Underground Rain is a study in human use and threatened exhaustion of the High Plains' most valuable natural resource. Ground water was so plentiful that settlers believed it flowed inexhaustibly from some faraway place or mysteriously from a giant underground river. Whatever the source, they believed that it was being constantly replenished, and until the 1950s they generally opposed effective conservation of ground water. A growing number of weak and dry wells then made it apparent that Plains residents were "mining" an exhaustible resource. The Texas High Plains region has been far more successful in exploiting its resource than in conserving it. The very success of its pump technology has produced its environmental crisis. The problem brought about by the threatened exhaustion of this resource still awaits a solution. This study is the first comprehensive history of irrigation on the Texas High Plains, and it is the first comprehensive treatment of the development of twentieth-century pump irrigation in any area of the United States.

Author : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465118288

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Church History in the Fulness of Times by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pdf

This manual covers the historical period of the Church from Joseph Smith to President Gordon B. Hinckley. For institute courses Religion 341, 342, and 343. Also useful for individual and family study.