1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455065703321

Autore

Grow Matthew J

Titolo

"Liberty to the downtrodden" [[electronic resource] ] : Thomas L. Kane, romantic reformer / / Matthew J. Grow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-35246-6

9786612352461

0-300-15326-0

1-282-08963-3

9786612089633

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

The Lamar series in western history

Disciplina

979.2/02092

Soggetti

Mormons - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century

Mormon pioneers - Utah - History - 19th century

Mormon Church - United States - History - 19th century

Social reformers - United States

Abolitionists - United States

Soldiers - United States

Electronic books.

Utah History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published with assistance from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Raising Kane -- 2. Europe -- 3. Beginnings of Reform -- 4. Meeting the Mormons -- 5. The Suffering Saints -- 6. Free Soil and Young America -- 7. Fugitive Slaves -- 8. Reforming Marriage -- 9. The Utah War, Act I -- 10. The Utah War, Act II -- 11. Honor, Reform, and War -- 12. Developing Kane -- 13. Anti-Anti-Polygamy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Kane Family Chart -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), a crusader for antislavery, women's rights, and the downtrodden, rose to prominence in his day as the most ardent and persuasive defender of Mormons' religious liberty. Though



not a Mormon, Kane sought to defend the much-reviled group from the "Holy War" waged against them by evangelical America. His courageous personal intervention averted a potentially catastrophic bloody conflict between federal troops and Mormon settlers in the now nearly forgotten Utah War of 1857-58. Drawing on extensive, newly available archives, this book is the first to tell the full story of Kane's extraordinary life. The book illuminates his powerful Philadelphia family, his personal life and eccentricities, his reform achievements, his place in Mormon history, and his career as a Civil War general. Further, the book revises previous understandings of nineteenth-century reform, showing how Kane and likeminded others fused Democratic Party ideology, anti-evangelicalism, and romanticism.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143822503321

Autore

Collins Roger <1949->

Titolo

Visigothic Spain, 409-711 / / Roger Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-281-32296-2

9786611322960

0-470-70009-2

0-470-75461-3

0-470-75456-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

A history of Spain

Disciplina

946/.01

Soggetti

Visigoths - Spain

Spain Civilization To 711

Spain History Gothic period, 414-711

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Visigothic Spain 409-711; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction: Visigothic Spain in the Twenty-first Century; Part I A Political History; 1



From Empire to Kingdom, 409-507; A Turning Point; The Visigoths; The Gothic Conquest of Hispania, 456-507; 2 The Imposition of Unity, 507-586; A Fractured Kingdom; The Reign of Leovigild, 569-586; 3 The Catholic Kingdom, 586-672; Conversion and Reaction, 586-590; Changing Dynasties, 590-642; Kings and the Political Elite, 642-672; 4 The Visigothic Twilight, 672-710; Court Conspiracies, 672-681; The Uneasy Throne, 681-710

5 The End of the Visigothic KingdomThe Coming of the Arabs; The Last Kings, 710-713; Part II Society and Culture; 6 Books and Readers; The Legacy of Africa; A Golden Age; 7 Archaeology: Cemeteries and Churches; Goths in the Ground; A Visigothic Architecture?; 8 Archaeology: Rural and Urban Settlements; Country Dwellers; Towns in Transition; 9 Law and Ethnic Identity; The Fog of the Law; Gothia and Hispania; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This history of Spain in the period between the end of Roman rule and the time of the Arab conquest challenges many traditional assumptions about the history of this period.Presents original theories about how the Visigothic kingdom was governed, about law in the kingdom, about the Arab conquest, and about the rise of Spain as an intellectual force. Takes account of new documentary evidence, the latest archaeological findings, and the controversies that these have generated. Combines chronological and thematic approaches to the period. A historiographica