Exhibiting Mormonism: The Latter-Day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

by Reid L. Neilson

The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, presented the Latter-day Saints with their first opportunity to exhibit the best of Mormonism for a national and an international audience after the abolishment of polygamy in 1890. The Columbian Exposition also marked the dramatic reengagement of the LDS Church with the non-Mormon world after decades of seclusion in the Great Basin.
Between May and October 1893, over seven...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195384032
• ISBN13: 9780195384031
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"