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Farmer Jared <1974-> |
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On Zion's mount [[electronic resource] ] : Mormons, Indians, and the American landscape / / Jared Farmer |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008 |
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0-674-04743-5 |
0-674-03671-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (472 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ute Indians - History |
Mormons - History |
Frontier and pioneer life - Utah |
Landscape assessment - United States |
Indians in popular culture - United States |
Electronic books. |
Timpanogos, Mount (Utah) History |
Utah Lake (Utah) History |
Utah History |
Great Basin Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-439) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Liquid antecedents -- Ute genesis, Mormon exodus -- Brigham Young and the famine of the Fish-Eaters -- The desertification of Zion -- pt. 2. Making a mountain : alpine play -- Rocky Mountain Saints -- Hiking into modern times -- Sundance and suburbia -- pt. 3. Marking a mountain : Indian play -- Renaming the land -- The rise and fall of a lover's leap -- Performing a remembered past. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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On Zion's Mount shows how, paradoxically, the Mormons created their homeland at the expense of the local Indians-and how they expressed their sense of belonging by investing Mt. Timpanogos with "Indian" meaning. |
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