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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455341903321

Autore

Gordon Sarah Barringer

Titolo

The Mormon Question [[electronic resource] ] : Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8078-7526-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Studies in Legal History

Disciplina

342.730852

Soggetti

Church and state

Freedom of religion

Polygamy

Law

Freedom of religion - History - United States

Church and state - History - United States

Mormons - Legal status, laws, etc - History - United States

Polygamy - History - Utah

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Constitutional Law - U.S

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part Two; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

From 1852, until the Mormon Church's decision to abandon the practice in 1890, the battle over polygamy redefined religious liberty in America. This book discusses the "Mormon question" and its legacy in constitutional law and political theory.