The purpose of this paper is to re-ex amine, in a political frame of reference, the persistent question as to why the Mormons were so ferociously constrained from their attempt to establish at Nauvoo […]
[…] work at that institution. The author made another serious mistake in his seemingly unqualified acceptance of the newspaper articles from the New York Public Library. These articles are important, but they are important more […]
[…] so that after he dies his sons won’t discover these relics of his appetite. His two sons live out of state. Mr. Lind would like to see them before he dies but knows they […]
[…] for meaning in Mormon history, for some moral to the story that can be the equivalent for today of attack and defense in the nineteenth century. Modified forms of the pro- and anti-theme continue […]
A short time ago, in Brigh am Young University Studies, I published an article about Japanese and English poetry; I ended it with the statement that poetry in both languages carries the hallmark “Made […]
[…] more so than in other areas of historical inquiry, some excellent contributions have been made by “ amateurs,” as the holders of the Ph.D. are inclined to call those who encroach upon the preserves […]
[…] field work in the area — is Dr. Milton Backman, Jr. of Brigham Young University. In six chapters and an extensive appendix, his latest book, Joseph Smith’s First Vision, presents valuable information on the historical […]
[…] of my article to the domestic scene, whereas Mr. Hansen outlined the need for an outreach progr am to make the blessings of health, education and prosperity more readily available to people in other […]
[…] lend them selves to rational and critical modes of analysis, whereas religion does not to the s ame degree. Then, too, modern industrial and post-industrial society has become increasingly pluralistic and secular in char […]
[…] check for $85 to forestall threatened eviction by her landlord. All day long people came with hard-luck stories, and none went away empty-handed. The next day the stream of visitors continued. Late in the […]