A Diasporan Mormon's Life: Essays of Remembrance - Hardcover

Jordan, Robert S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0595514022 ISBN 13: 9780595514021

Publisher: iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

Offering a glimpse into the lives of upwardly mobile Mormon professionals, this series of personal essays by author Dr. Robert S. Jordan describes his odyssey as a third-generation Mormon of polygamous descent whose family ascended from rural pioneer poverty to upper middle-class social and economic success.

A Diasporan Mormon's Life chronicles the life of Jordan, a child of the Mormon Diasporans who left the social and cultural isolation of Utah for a more secular, modern America. This memoir describes his struggle to find his personal identity from the tensions created between his religious heritage and his secular upbringing.

Jordan's life is remarkably varied. He studied at East Coast and California high schools, state universities such as UCLA and the University of Utah, and institutions such as Princeton and Oxford. He witnessed World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, Vietnam, and survived Hurricane Katrina. He lived in large urban centers and locations on the global periphery. He engaged in academic research and teaching, university administration, and government service.

A searching, informative, and entertaining memoir enhanced with numerous photos, this memoir distills and clarifies the experiences of his generation and contributes to the history and sociology of twentieth-century Mormonism.

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About the Author

Robert S. Jordan has doctorates from both Princeton and Oxford Universities, where he was a member of St. Antony's College. He served as Director of Research for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. He was Distinguished Professor and Fleet Professor for the U.S. Naval War College and lectured at the Army and Air War Colleges, along with the former British Imperial Defence College. He has published widely on Cold War alliance policy, coalition maritime affairs, international administration and military biography and lives in Woodbridge, VA.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595514022
• ISBN 13: 9780595514021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 508