380 records matched your query
02485aam a2200337 i 4500 001 EEF10EE035B011EEA7DDB3DB4DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230808010040 008 210719s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021033933 020 $a 0197533175 020 $a 9780197533178 035 $a (OCoLC)1241732566 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d TOH $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HQ981 $b .P34 2022 082 00 $a 306.84/2309 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearsall, Sarah M. S., $e author. 245 10 $a Polygamy : $b a very short introduction / $c Sarah M.S. Pearsall. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 141 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introduction ; $v 697 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Origins and overview -- Monotheism -- Early modern encounters -- Protestantism -- Mormonism -- Modern encounters -- Contemporary debates. 520 $a "This VSI offers a broad global and temporal history of polygamy and its importance in a range of settings. Polygamy, or plural marriage, has been an accepted form of union in the majority of human societies. People living on every continent have practiced this form of marriage; some still do. Plural marriages, just as more recent same-sex marriages, offer intriguing access to the workings of the institution of marriage, as well as the controversies linking public and private, sex and politics, that have surrounded it. Confrontations over this type of marriage have also been historically important, especially in a range of colonial, imperial, and missionary encounters. Polygamy has come to symbolize a problematic, even "barbaric," form of marriage. Yet, even amid Christians, it has had notable defenders, including a number of radical Protestants such as Martin Luther, John Milton, and of course Joseph Smith. This book illuminates the public importance of the intimate, considering issues of cultural contact and confrontation, the shape of empires, slavery and hierarchy, royal and aristocratic power, religion and conflict, war and expansion, race and nation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Polygamy $x History. 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 697. 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044723.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EEF10EE035B011EEA7DDB3DB4DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search