Talbot, Christine.

A foreign kingdom : Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890 / Christine Talbot. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

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.

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Controversial literature--History and criticism.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.


Mormon Church--History--19th century.
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

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