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UNINA9910459807403321 |
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Switzer Jennie Bartlett |
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Elder Northfield's Home : or, Sacrificed on the Mormon Altar, a story of the Blighting Curse of Polygamy / / A. Jennie Bartlett ; edited and with an introduction by Nicole Tonkovich |
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Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-8032-7406-8 |
0-8032-7405-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (524 p.) |
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Collana |
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Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers |
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Mormons |
Marriage |
Polygamy |
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Utah Fiction |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Elder Northfield�s Home; or, Sacrificed on the Mormon Altar""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Chapter 13""; ""Chapter 14""; ""Chapter 15""; ""Chapter 16""; ""Chapter 17""; ""Chapter 18""; ""Notes""; ""About A. Jennie Bartlett""; ""About Nicole Tonkovich""; ""Series List"" |
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"Nineteenth-century novel that advocates the abolition of plural marriage in the Mormon religion and the repatriation of former practitioners by tracing the marital misfortunes of a Mormon convert"-- |
"The practice of plural marriage, commonly known as polygamy, stirred intense controversy in postbellum America until 1890, when the Church |
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of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first officially abolished the practice. Elder Northfield's Home, published by A. Jennie Bartlett in 1882, is both a staunchly antipolygamy novel and a call for the sentimental repatriation of polygamy's victims. Her book traces the fate of a virtuous and educated English immigrant woman, Marion Wescott, who marries a Mormon elder, Henry Northfield. Shocked when her husband violates his promise not to take a second wife, Marion attempts to flee during the night, toddler son in her arms, pulling her worldly possessions in his toy wagon. She returns to her husband, however, and the balance of the novel traces the effects of polygamy on Marion, Henry, and their children; their eventual rejection of plural marriage; and their return to a normal and healthy family structure. Nicole Tonkovich's critical introduction includes both historical contextualization and comments on selected primary documents, providing a broader look at the general public's reception of the practice of polygamy in the nineteenth century. "-- |
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UNINA9910461609003321 |
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Banner James M. <1935-> |
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Being a historian : an introduction to the professional world of history / / James M. Banner, Jr [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-33450-6 |
1-107-23160-4 |
1-280-39365-3 |
1-139-33796-3 |
9786613571571 |
1-139-34041-7 |
1-139-10945-6 |
1-139-34199-5 |
1-139-33709-2 |
1-139-33883-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xx, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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History - Philosophy |
Historiography |
Historians |
History - Methodology |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Being a Historian: An Introduction to the Professional World of History; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: The Discipline and Professions of History; 2: The Structure of the Discipline of History; 3: A Multitude of Opportunities: Sites, Forms, Kinds, and Users of History; 4: The Academic Trinity: Research, Teaching, Service; 5: History outside the Academy; A Note on "Public Intellectuals"; A Note on Advocacy and Expert Testimony; 6: Teaching and Writing History; A Note on Popular History; 7: Professional Principles, Responsibilities, Rights |
8: Being Oneself as HistorianIndex |
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Based on the author's more than 50 years of experience as a professional historian in academic and other capacities, Being a Historian is addressed to both aspiring and mature historians. It offers an overview of the state of the discipline of history today and the problems that confront it and its practitioners in many professions. James M. Banner, Jr argues that historians remain inadequately prepared for their rapidly changing professional world and that the discipline as a whole has yet to confront many of its deficiencies. He also argues that, no longer needing to conform automatically to the academic ideal, historians can now more safely and productively than ever before adapt to their own visions, temperaments and goals as they take up their responsibilities as scholars, teachers and public practitioners. Critical while also optimistic, this work suggests many topics for further scholarly and professional exploration, research and debate. |
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