Saints under siege : the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints /

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Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Description:xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The new and alternative religions series
New and alternative religions series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8513996
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Other authors / contributors:Wright, Stuart A.
Richardson, James T., 1941-
ISBN:9780814795286 (cl : alk. paper)
0814795285 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814795293 (pb : alk. paper)
0814795293 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814795309 (ebook)
0814795307 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The past as prologue : a comparison of the Short Creek and Eldorado polygamy raids / Martha Bradley Evans
  • Rescuing children? : government raids and child abuse allegations in historical and cross-cultural perspective / Susan J. Palmer
  • The struggle for legitimacy : tensions between the LDS and FLDS / Ryan T. Cragun, Michael Nielsen and Heather Clingenpeel
  • Reader responses to the yearning for Zion Ranch raid and its aftermath on the websites of the Salt Lake tribune and the Desert news / Michael William Hamilton
  • Deconstructing official rationales for the Texas State raid on the FLDS / Stuart A. Wright
  • Texas redux : a comparative analysis of the FLDS and Branch Davidian raids / Stuart A. Wright and Jennifer Lara Fagen
  • Large scale FLDS raids : the dangers and appeal of crime control theater / Camille Brown and Carlene Gonzales
  • Strategic dissolution and the politics of opposition : parallels in the state raids on the Twelve Tribes and the FLDS / Jean Swantko Wiseman
  • Political and legislative context of the FLDS raid in Texas / James T. Richardson and Tamatha L. Scheinert
  • Pyrrhic victory? : an analysis of the appeal court opinions concerning the FLDS children / Tamatha L. Schreinert and James T. Richardson.