Unpopular sovereignty : Mormons and the federal management of early Utah Territory / / Brent M. Rogers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798849203321
• Autore: Rogers Brent M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln ; ; London : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 0-8032-9585-5; 0-8032-9644-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 pages)
• Disciplina: 979.2/02
• Soggetti: Representative government and representation - Utah - History - 19th century; Religion and politics - Utah - History - 19th century; Latter Day Saint churches - History - 19th century; Utah History 19th century; United States Territories and possessions Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Imperium in imperio : sovereignty and the American territorial system -- Intimate contact : gender, plural marriage, and the U.S. Army in Utah Territory, 1854-1856 -- Missionaries to the Indians : Mormon and federal Indian policies -- Confronting the "twin relics of barbarism" : the Mormon question, the Buchanan administration, and the limits of popular sovereignty -- The Utah War and the westward march of federal sovereignty, 1857-1858 -- The U.S. Army and the symbolic conquering of Mormon sovereignty -- To 1862 : the codification of federal authority and the end of popular sovereignty in the western territories.