University Of Utah Press: 82 books
American Indian History on Trial
Historical Expertise in Tribal Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Drawing from forty-five years of experience, E. Richard Hart elucidates the use of history as expert testimony in American Indian tribal litigation. Such lawsuits deal with aboriginal territory; hunting, fishing, and plant gathering rights; reservation boundaries; water rights; federal recognition;...
Two Toms
Lessons from a Shoshone Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
In 1969, Tom Wesaw was an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He could no longer drive, which posed problems in making house calls. The arrival of young anthropologist Tom Johnson changed that. Johnson would drive Wesaw, and cook, pump water,...
A Faded Legacy
Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon Women's Activism, 1872 - 1959
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
To her contemporaries Amy Brown Lyman was a leader, admired for her dynamic personality, her inspiring public addresses, and especially for her remarkable vision of what Mormon women in the Relief Society could achieve. Yet today her name is barely known. This volume brings her work to light, showing...
Becoming White Clay
A History and Archaeology of Jicarilla Apache Enclavement
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The story of one of the longest-lived and most successful nomadic enclaves in North America provides a rare glimpse into the material expressions of Apache self-determination and survival. For nearly 200 years the Jicarilla Apache of New Mexico thrived in the interstices of Pueblo and Spanish settlements...
Canyon of Dreams
Stories from Grand Canyon History
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
The Grand Canyon—long recognized as one of North America’s premier natural wonders—has stirred human imagination and creativity, leaving an indelible mark on all who have encountered its spectacular vistas and intricate landscapes. Stories of the canyon’s early inhabitants to its modern day...
Latter-day Lore
Mormon Folklore Studies
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Latter-day Lore gathers nearly thirty seminal works in Mormon folklore scholarship from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present in order to highlight the depth, breadth, and richness of that scholarship. This examination of LDS folklore studies reveals theoretical, methodological,...
by Guenter Lewy
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
The essays in this book, written over a span of some twenty years but updated for this publication, discuss episodes of mass murder that are often considered instances of genocide: the large-scale killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey during World War I, the near-extinction of North America’s Indian...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
A new and exciting era in Mormon studies has emerged from a confluence of factors: an academy more attuned to the significance of religion, the increased public prominence of Mormons and Mormonism, and an increasing number of scholars applying ever-more sophisticated methods to the study of Mormonism....
War and Nationalism
The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913, and Their Sociopolitical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
War and Nationalism presents thorough up-to-date scholarship on the often misunderstood and neglected Balkan Wars of 1912 to 1913, which contributed to the outbreak of World War I. The essays contain critical inquiries into the diverse and interconnected processes of social, economic, and political...
by David Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The first and only anthology of key writings about Glacier National Park, this comprehensive collection ranges from Native American myths to early exploration narratives to contemporary journeys, from investigations of the park’s geology and biology to hair-raising encounters with wild animals,...
Religion, Conflict, and Peacemaking
An Interdisciplinary Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Discussions of the relationship between religion and violence have been on the rise since 9/11. Conversations have also focused on how religion can mediate conflict and help build peace. This volume offers a diversity of approaches to the subject, gathering essays from a cross-section of prominent...
The Young Turks and the Ottoman Nationalities
Armenians, Greeks, Albanians, Jews, and Arabs, 1908–1918
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
The years 1908 to 1918 are frequently viewed as the period when the Ottoman Empire fell into decline, but in this volume, Feroz Ahmad argues that the Empire was not in decline but instead had come face to face with a widespread process of decolonization. Its colonies, stimulated by the idea of nationalism,...
Shifting Borders and a Tattered Passport
Intellectual Journeys of a Mormon Academic
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The life of a Mormon intellectual in the secular academic community is likely to include some contradictions between belief, scholarship, and the changing times. In his memoir, Armand L. Mauss recounts his personal and intellectual struggles—inside and outside the LDS world—from his childhood...
Women and Mormonism
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
How do women who are members of a predominantly male-led church experience personal agency in formal religious settings, in intimate relationships, and within themselves? From Jane Manning James, an African American woman who found empowerment and strength in Mormon ritual despite suffering exclusion...