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Railroading religion : Mormons, tourists, and the corporate spirit of the West / David Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, David, 1975- author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- Latter Day Saint churches--Public opinion--History--19th century.
- Railroads--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Railroads.
- Tourism--United States--History--19th century.
- Tourism.
- Corinne (Utah)--History--19th century.
- Corinne (Utah).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonism's ascendency in the railroad era.
- Contents:
- Corinnethians and the death knell thesis
- Brigham Young and the railroad connection
- Godbeites and the capital of dissent
- Steamboats and the rise of atrocity tourism
- Patrons and the plays of Mormon culture
- Tourists and the making of an American mainline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 3, 2020).
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908528-7-8
- 979-88-908528-8-5
- 1-4696-5321-4
- 1-4696-5322-2
- OCLC:
- 1112152964
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