The lost tribes of Mansfield: how an English market town was won by the Mormons in mid-Victorian times
In mid-Victorian times the Mormon Church flourished in the English market town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Hundreds of poor families willingly abandoned everything familiar to make perilous Atlantic crossings to pioneer an American Zion. Although young people initially led the emigration, they we...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 148-161 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mansfield
/ Genealogy
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Mormon Church
/ Emigration
/ History 1850-1900
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KDH Christian sects |
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