Just South of Zion: The Mormons in Mexico and Its Borderlands

by Jared M Tamez

Mormons first came to Mexico as soldiers during the Mexican-American War and later as missionaries, refugees, and settlers. Just South of Zion assembles new scholarship on the first century of Mormon history in Mexico, from 1847 to 1947. The essays cover topics such as polygamy, colonization, the role of women in Mormon local worship, indigenous intellectuals, Mormon transnational identity, and the role of violence and masculinity in Mormon identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826351816
• ISBN13: 9780826351814
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"