Modern Polygamy in the United States: Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues
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Few people realize that polygamy continues to exist in the United States. Thus, world-wide attention focused on the State of Texas in 2008 as agents surrounded the compound of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) and took custody of more than 400 children. Several members of this schismatic religious group, whose women adorned themselves in "prairie dresses," admitted to practicing polygamy. The state justified the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199746389
ISBN13:9780199746385
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:384 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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