A foreign kingdom : Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890

A foreign kingdom : Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890 / Christine Talbot.

Explores "the Mormon question," the division between public/private spheres, and the ways that plural marriage was received by the American public. The author argues that the conflict over plural marriage was as much about conceptions of "Americanness" as it was about the practic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talbot, Christine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > History > 19th century.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Controversial literature > History and criticism.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1800-1899
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > History > 19th century.
Latter Day Saint churches > History > 19th century.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Controversial literature
Mormon Church
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • "That these things might come forth" : early Mormonism and the American Republic
  • "We shall then live together as one great family" : Mormonism and the public/private divide
  • "More the companion and much less the subordinate" : polygamy and Mormon woman's citizenship
  • "The utter destruction of the home circle" : polygamy and the perversion of the private sphere
  • "They can not exist in contact with republican institutions" : consent, contract, and citizenship under "polygamic theocracy"
  • "The foulest ulcer on the body of our nation" : race, class, and contagion in anti-Mormon literature
  • "Suffer a surrender
  • ? no, never!" : the end of plural marriage.

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