More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910
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An in-depth examination of the Mormon marriage system in its early days.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Pt. 1Genesis to Revelation: Introduction of Plural Marriage to the Manifesto1Kirtland and Nauvoo: Beginnings of Plural Marriage172Plural Marriage under Mormon Control36Pt. 2I Leviticus: Legal and Ecclesiastical Framework for Marriage3Nineteenth-Century Marriage Law in Utah554The Nature of Mormon Marriages67Pt. 3Numbers: An Analysis of the Marriage Patterns of Manti Women5The Marriage Market916Women Who Became Plural Wives1167Economics and Plural Marriage128Pt. 4II Leviticus: Legal and Ecclesiastical Framework for Divorce8Civil and Ecclesiastical Divorce1419Incidence of Divorce and Remarriage160Pt. 5Acts and Judges: The Mormon Marriage System and Its Demise10The Decline of Plural Marriage17311The Nineteenth-Century Mormon Marriage System188AppDescription of Demographic Data215Notes223Selected Bibliography283Index297
