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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794661203321

Autore

Simeone James

Titolo

The Saints and the State : The Mormon Troubles in Illinois

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, OH : , : Ohio University Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

0-8214-4738-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 pages)

Collana

New Approaches to Midwestern Studies

Disciplina

977.3/4303

Soggetti

Latter Day Saints - Illinois - History - 19th century

Pioneers - Political activity - Illinois

Nauvoo (Ill.) History 19th century

Illinois Politics and government To 1865

Illinois History 1778-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Settler Illinois as a Developing Democracy -- 1. Illinois in 1839: Land of Worth and Accommodation -- 2. Joseph Smith and the New Politics of Belief -- 3. Saints and Suckers in the Settler State -- 4. Nauvoo Prophecies in the Hancock Status Order -- 5. Performing Citizenship in the House of Power -- 6. Religious Toleration and Political Ideology in the Illinois Regime -- 7. Thomas Ford and the Politics of Civic Worth -- Conclusion: The Perils of Democratic Storytelling -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

James Simeone's case study uncovers in the 1846 expulsion of Mormons from Illinois an important object lesson for American democracy today, revealing the impossibility of state neutrality in the face of entrenched group beliefs and segregated settlement.