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The Saints and the State : The Mormon Troubles in Illinois



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Autore: Simeone James Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Saints and the State : The Mormon Troubles in Illinois Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, OH : , : Ohio University Press, , 2021
©2021
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 pages)
Disciplina: 977.3/4303
Soggetto topico: Latter Day Saints - Illinois - History - 19th century
Pioneers - Political activity - Illinois
Soggetto geografico: Nauvoo (Ill.) History 19th century
Illinois Politics and government To 1865
Illinois History 1778-1865
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Altri titoli varianti: Saints and the State
Titolo autorizzato: The Saints and the State  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8214-4738-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910794661203321
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Serie: New Approaches to Midwestern Studies