02914nam 2200613 450 991046441070332120200520144314.00-252-09535-9(CKB)3710000000055819(EBL)3414306(SSID)ssj0001047466(PQKBManifestationID)11586709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047466(PQKBWorkID)11158995(PQKB)11557005(MiAaPQ)EBC3414306(StDuBDS)EDZ0001634083(OCoLC)862745819(MdBmJHUP)muse29703(Au-PeEL)EBL3414306(CaPaEBR)ebr10797366(CaONFJC)MIL629318(OCoLC)923498125(EXLCZ)99371000000005581920130430h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA foreign kingdom Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890 /Christine TalbotUrbana, Chicago :University of Illinois Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07957-4 0-252-03808-8 Includes bibliographical references and index."That these things might come forth" : early Mormonism and the American Republic -- "We shall then live together as one great family" : Mormonism and the public/private divide -- "More the companion and much less the subordinate" : polygamy and Mormon woman's citizenship -- "The utter destruction of the home circle" : polygamy and the perversion of the private sphere -- "They can not exist in contact with republican institutions" : consent, contract, and citizenship under "polygamic theocracy" -- "The foulest ulcer on the body of our nation" : race, class, and contagion in anti-Mormon literature -- "Suffer a surrender--? no, never!" : the end of plural marriage.Explores "the Mormon question," the division between public/private spheres, and the ways that plural marriage was received by the American public. The author argues that the conflict over plural marriage was as much about conceptions of "Americanness" as it was about the practice of plural marriage itself.Mormon ChurchHistory19th centuryPolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Mormon ChurchHistoryPolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHistory289.37309034Talbot Christine905222MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464410703321A foreign kingdom2024517UNINA