Cardell Jacobson is Karl G. Maeser Professor of General Education, Brigham Young UniversityLara Burton is a PhD Candidate, Brigham Young University

This well-balanced collection by historians, social scientists, and legal scholars, most of them established experts, provides a comprehensive treatment of the FLDS and other contemporary polygamous cultures in North America. The authors examine religious and other rationales for this way of life that are offered by both male and female participants, and present candid critiques both of the polygamous communities and of their antagonists in law enforcement and in the mass media.

• PROLOGUE AND INTRODUCTION: THE INCIDENT AT ELDORADO, TEXAS CARDELL K. JACOBSON AND LARA BURTON; SECTION 1: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF POLYGAMY IN THE UNITED STATES: ESTRANGED GROUPS; SECTION 2: SOCIAL SCIENTISTS EXAMINE POLYGAMY AND THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN; SECTION 3: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN

Cardell Jacobson is Karl G. Maeser Professor of General Education, Brigham Young UniversityLara Burton is a PhD Candidate, Brigham Young University

This well-balanced collection by historians, social scientists, and legal scholars, most of them established experts, provides a comprehensive treatment of the FLDS and other contemporary polygamous cultures in North America. The authors examine religious and other rationales for this way of life that are offered by both male and female participants, and present candid critiques both of the polygamous communities and of their antagonists in law enforcement and in the mass media.

• PROLOGUE AND INTRODUCTION: THE INCIDENT AT ELDORADO, TEXAS CARDELL K. JACOBSON AND LARA BURTON; SECTION 1: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF POLYGAMY IN THE UNITED STATES: ESTRANGED GROUPS; SECTION 2: SOCIAL SCIENTISTS EXAMINE POLYGAMY AND THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN; SECTION 3: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN

Cardell Jacobson is Karl G. Maeser Professor of General Education, Brigham Young UniversityLara Burton is a PhD Candidate, Brigham Young University

This well-balanced collection by historians, social scientists, and legal scholars, most of them established experts, provides a comprehensive treatment of the FLDS and other contemporary polygamous cultures in North America. The authors examine religious and other rationales for this way of life that are offered by both male and female participants, and present candid critiques both of the polygamous communities and of their antagonists in law enforcement and in the mass media.

• PROLOGUE AND INTRODUCTION: THE INCIDENT AT ELDORADO, TEXAS CARDELL K. JACOBSON AND LARA BURTON; SECTION 1: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF POLYGAMY IN THE UNITED STATES: ESTRANGED GROUPS; SECTION 2: SOCIAL SCIENTISTS EXAMINE POLYGAMY AND THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN; SECTION 3: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE SEIZURE OF THE FLDS CHILDREN