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Was Joseph Smith A Gentleman? The Standard For Refinement In Utah, Richard Bushman
Was Joseph Smith A Gentleman? The Standard For Refinement In Utah, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
The question of refinement cut even more deeply in Utah in the early days when the governance of the territory was at issue. The Latter-day Saints worked with a double handicap in striving to win respect from eastern travelers: in addition to the usual doubts about civilization in the West, the visitors were skeptical about Mormon religious fanaticism. Travelers came expecting that the poor credulous fools who submitted to the rule of Brigham Young would lack education, manners, taste, and intelligence—in short,would be as degraded as the woodcutters Trollope sighted along the banks of the Mississippi. The Saints for their …
Making Space For The Mormons, Richard Bushman
Making Space For The Mormons, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
This work is a lecture that was presented at Utah State University.