Thirsty Land Into Springs of Water by Brooke Kathleen Brassard - 9781487506339

Thirsty Land Into Springs of WaterNegotiating a Place in Canada As Latter-day Saints\nAuthor(s): Brooke Kathleen Brassard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487506339, 978-1487506339\nSynopsis\nLooking at the example of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thirsty Land into Springs of Water answers questions about Canadian and religious identities, immigration, and integration. Brooke Kathleen Brassard sheds light on the Latter-day Saint experience in southern Alberta between 1887 and 1947, revealing how the Latter-day Saints integrated into Canadian society while maintaining their \""peculiar\"" identity through architecture, business practices, political participation, gendered roles, and family structures.\n\n Drawing on family histories, correspondence, meeting minutes, and oral histories, Brassard explores how the Church negotiated the tension between integration and otherness. The book .