02426nam 22005173 450 991081708980332120230809231613.00-8214-4738-6(CKB)4100000011954269(MiAaPQ)EBC6637902(Au-PeEL)EBL6637902(OCoLC)1201695626(EXLCZ)99410000001195426920210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Saints and the State The Mormon Troubles in Illinois1st ed.Athens, OH :Ohio University Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (437 pages)New Approaches to Midwestern Studies0-8214-2446-7 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.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.New Approaches to Midwestern StudiesSaints and the StateLatter Day SaintsIllinoisHistory19th centuryPioneersPolitical activityIllinoisNauvoo (Ill.)History19th centuryIllinoisPolitics and governmentTo 1865IllinoisHistory1778-1865Latter Day SaintsHistoryPioneersPolitical activity977.3/4303Simeone James1619180MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817089803321The Saints and the State3951299UNINA