04282nam a2200661Ki 4500 ocn875895027 OCoLC 20200709060119.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140407s2014 utu ob s001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781607813217 (electronic bk.) 1607813211 (electronic bk.) 9781607813200 1607813203 (OCoLC)875895027 752715 (N$T) n-ust-- n-us-ut F790.M8 B34 2014eb HIS 036010 bisacsh 979/.02 23 SOC011000 REL046000 HIS036140 bisacsh N$TA Bahr, Howard M. Saints observed : studies of Mormon village life, 1850-2005 / Howard M. Bahr. Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2014. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Continued by: Four classic Mormon village studies. "The most complete overview and assessment of Mormon village studies available, this volume extends the canon twofold. First, it presents a rich composite view of nineteenth-century Mormon life in the West as seen by qualified observers who did not just pass through but stopped and studied. Second, it connects that early protoethnography to scholarly Mormon village studies in the twentieth century, showing their proper context in the thriving field of community studies. Based mostly on nine famous travelers' accounts of life among the Mormons, including Richard Burton, Elizabeth Kane, Howard Stansbury, John Gunnison, and Julius Benchley--Bahr's volume introduces these talented observers, summarizes and analyzes their observation, and constructs a holistic overview of Mormon village life. He concludes by tracing the rise and continuity of Mormon village studies in the twentieth century, beginning with Lowry Nelson's 1923 research in Escalante, Utah. Over the following three decades, the genre expanded beyond Nelson and his students, becoming more sophisticated and interdisciplinary; by the mid-1950s it was a subfield within the respected arena of community studies. Researchers continued to study Mormon communities in the following decades and into the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Ethnographers by Any Other Name : Visitors to Mormon Villages, 1849-1860 -- "What I Heard and Felt and Saw" : Reflections on Method -- Village Culture I: Structure, Ambience, and Diversity -- Village Culture II: Work, Faith, Education, and the Arts -- Second Generation Village Studies -- Twentieth Century Village Studies. Description based on print version record. Mormons Southwest, New Social life and customs. Mormons Utah Social life and customs. Villages Southwest, New History. Villages Utah History. Community life Southwest, New History. Community life Utah History. Ethnology Southwest, New History. Ethnology Utah History. Southwest, New Social life and customs. Utah Social life and customs. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). bisacsh HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). bisacsh HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General bisacsh Electronic books. Four classic Mormon village studies. Print version: Bahr, Howard M. Saints observed 9781607813200 (DLC) 2013042711 (OCoLC)854139808 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=752715 EBSCOhost EBSC 752715 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54726 54726