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12722. UTAH: THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD. Thorough, detailed study of the political history of the Mormons, and their attempts to legalize polygamy, and the federal effort to stamp it out. Includes the migration to Utah and the attempt to found a "state of Deseret," attitudes in Mexican and Civil wars as well as a complete summary of "Mormon War" of 1857-58, a history of polygamy in the sect, attempts to increase non-Morman immigration, political evolution after the Civil War and the increasing severity of federal assaults on Mormon polygamy, circumstances of the "Woodruff Manifesto" abandoning Mormon polygamy, evidence of Mormon use of public relations and bribery to enhance their image and prospects, integration of Mormons into the two-party system as final step before statehood; conclusion stresses Mormon attempt to prove themselves as "super-Americans." 16 pages, 33 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.   $112


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