Great Basin Kingdom Revisited: Contemporary PerspectivesThomas G. Alexander Utah State University Press, 1991 - 164 páginas "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. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Kingdom the Power and the Water | 21 |
Great Basin Kingdom | 39 |
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