Railroading religion : Mormons, tourists, and the corporate spirit of the West /
Walker, David, 1975-
Railroading religion : Mormons, tourists, and the corporate spirit of the West / David Walker. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corinnethians and the death knell thesis -- Brigham Young and the railroad connection -- Godbeites and the capital of dissent -- Steamboats and the rise of atrocity tourism -- Patrons and the plays of Mormon culture -- Tourists and the making of an American mainline.
"Walker tracks how 'knowledge' about Mormon life was generated among settlers, railroad agents, travelers, boosters, and bureaucrats from Sacramento to Salt Lake to Washington D.C. and stops between. How ordinary Americans articulated and advanced their own theories about Mormondom, Walker argues, accomplished nothing less than the rise of religion as a category of both the popular and scholarly imagination. As it happened, the burgeoning of railroad-related alliances and businesses stimulated LDS Church officials to mobilize in ways that ironically yielded increasingly dynamic and expansive religious institutions. Rather than eradicating or diminishing Mormonism western railroads and their boosters helped to establish it as a normative American religion"--
9781469653211 1469653214 9781469653228 1469653222
4BB142B1-4004-4ACD-A8ED-D55C9D3FD4DF OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctvfshn5k JSTOR
1800-1899
Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century.
Latter Day Saint churches--Public opinion--History--19th century.
Railroads--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Tourism--History--United States--19th century.
Église mormone--Opinion publique--Histoire--19e siècle.
RELIGION--History.
Mormon Church
Mormon Church--Public opinion
Railroads
Tourism
Corinne (Utah)--History--19th century.
United States
West United States
Utah--Corinne
Electronic books.
History
BX8611 / .W335 2019eb
289.3/7309034
Railroading religion : Mormons, tourists, and the corporate spirit of the West / David Walker. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corinnethians and the death knell thesis -- Brigham Young and the railroad connection -- Godbeites and the capital of dissent -- Steamboats and the rise of atrocity tourism -- Patrons and the plays of Mormon culture -- Tourists and the making of an American mainline.
"Walker tracks how 'knowledge' about Mormon life was generated among settlers, railroad agents, travelers, boosters, and bureaucrats from Sacramento to Salt Lake to Washington D.C. and stops between. How ordinary Americans articulated and advanced their own theories about Mormondom, Walker argues, accomplished nothing less than the rise of religion as a category of both the popular and scholarly imagination. As it happened, the burgeoning of railroad-related alliances and businesses stimulated LDS Church officials to mobilize in ways that ironically yielded increasingly dynamic and expansive religious institutions. Rather than eradicating or diminishing Mormonism western railroads and their boosters helped to establish it as a normative American religion"--
9781469653211 1469653214 9781469653228 1469653222
4BB142B1-4004-4ACD-A8ED-D55C9D3FD4DF OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctvfshn5k JSTOR
1800-1899
Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century.
Latter Day Saint churches--Public opinion--History--19th century.
Railroads--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Tourism--History--United States--19th century.
Église mormone--Opinion publique--Histoire--19e siècle.
RELIGION--History.
Mormon Church
Mormon Church--Public opinion
Railroads
Tourism
Corinne (Utah)--History--19th century.
United States
West United States
Utah--Corinne
Electronic books.
History
BX8611 / .W335 2019eb
289.3/7309034