02905nam 2200601 450 991078959210332120230809173712.00-252-09535-9(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.Latter Day Saint churchesHistory19th centuryPolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHistory19th centuryLatter Day Saint churchesHistoryPolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHistory289.37309034Talbot Christine1534819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789592103321A foreign kingdom3782629UNINA