Modern Polygamy in the United States
Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues
Edited by Cardell Jacobson and Lara Burton
Reviews and Awards
"This well-balanced collection by historians, social scientists, and legal scholars, most of them established experts, provides a comprehensive treatment of the FLDS and other contemporary polygamous cultures in North America. The authors examine religious and other rationales for this way of life that are offered by both male and female participants, and present candid critiques both of the polygamous communities and of their antagonists in law enforcement and in the mass media." --Armand L. Mauss, author of The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation
"At last some light, not just heat about America's new polygamy scandal, its roots and ramifications. Both well reasoned and well written, this book shows the people and the principles at stake. It will change how you think about both." --Kathleen Flake, Associate Professor of American Religious History, Vanderbilt University
"Modern Polygamy in the United States is an outstanding book. Together, these authors provide a much-needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and individuals who live the polygamous life style in the United States."--Vickie Cleverley Speek, the Association for Mormon Letters
"Provides much material for anyone seeking to better understand the practice of plural marriage in nineteenth-century Mormonism and its modern aftermaths."--BYU Studies Quarterly
"This anthology is a worthy read for anyone who desires to understand the basics and some intricacies of the 2008 raid on the FLDS Yearn for Zion Ranch."-- Journal of Mormon History