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Building Zion : the material world of Mormon settlement
- Title
- Building Zion : the material world of Mormon settlement / Thomas Carter.
- Author
- Carter, Thomas, 1949-
- Publication
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 15-510 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- xxxi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Focusing on a network of small towns in Utah, Thomas Carter explores the key elements of the Mormon cultural landscape: town planning, residences (including polygamous houses), stores and other nonreligious buildings, meetinghouses, and temples. Zion, Carter demonstrates, is an evolving entity, reflecting the church's shift from group-oriented millenarian goals to more individualized endeavors centered on personal salvation and exaltation, and displaying a unique blending of sacred and secular spaces.
- Series Statement
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
- Uniform Title
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A Landscape of Difference -- Faith and Works: A Historical Framework -- The Settlement Matrix: Towns and Temples -- According to Need: Family Stewardships and the Distribution of Resources -- Frontier Fashion: Domestic Architecture and Individual Display -- Polygamy and Patriarchy: Women in the Landscape -- Business as Usual: The Americanization of the Mormon Main Street -- Meetinghouses: The Search for Mormon Identity -- Mansion on the Hill: The Temple as Ritual Space -- Conclusion: The Enduring Zion.
- Call Number
- JQF 15-510
- ISBN
- 9780816689569
- 0816689563
- 9780816689576
- 0816689571
- LCCN
- 2014032696
- OCLC
- 877365032
- Author
- Carter, Thomas, 1949- author.
- Title
- Building Zion : the material world of Mormon settlement / Thomas Carter.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture seriesArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 15-510