LEADER 02426nam 22005173 450 001 9910817089803321 005 20230809231613.0 010 $a0-8214-4738-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000011954269 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6637902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6637902 035 $a(OCoLC)1201695626 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011954269 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Saints and the State $eThe Mormon Troubles in Illinois 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAthens, OH :$cOhio University Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (437 pages) 225 1 $aNew Approaches to Midwestern Studies 311 $a0-8214-2446-7 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aJames Simeone's case study uncovers in the 1846 expulsion of Mormons from Illinois an important object lesson for American democracy today, revealing the impossibility of state neutrality in the face of entrenched group beliefs and segregated settlement. 410 0$aNew Approaches to Midwestern Studies 517 $aSaints and the State 606 $aLatter Day Saints$zIllinois$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPioneers$xPolitical activity$zIllinois 607 $aNauvoo (Ill.)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIllinois$xPolitics and government$yTo 1865 607 $aIllinois$xHistory$y1778-1865 615 0$aLatter Day Saints$xHistory 615 0$aPioneers$xPolitical activity 676 $a977.3/4303 700 $aSimeone$b James$01619180 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817089803321 996 $aThe Saints and the State$93951299 997 $aUNINA