06185cam a2200841Ii 4500 ocm51831976 OCoLC 20200709055107.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 030311t20022002ncua ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP OCLCG OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ TNF OCLCQ ZCU OCLCO E7B OCLCF OCLCQ MERUC CCO REDDC BTCTA CO3 DKDLA EBLCP OCLCE FVL OCLCO OCLCQ NLGGC OCLCQ UCO OCLCO CWCLL 70740864 437091755 488392677 559323707 621899362 646713114 681426617 722146859 728002422 0807875260 (electronic bk.) 9780807875261 (electronic bk.) 9780807826614 (alk. paper) 0807826618 (alk. paper) 9780807849873 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0807849871 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (OCoLC)51831976 (OCoLC)70740864 (OCoLC)437091755 (OCoLC)488392677 (OCoLC)559323707 (OCoLC)621899362 (OCoLC)646713114 (OCoLC)681426617 (OCoLC)722146859 (OCoLC)728002422 dlr n-us-ut n-us--- KF4783 .G67 2002eb LAW 018000 bisacsh LAW 075000 bisacsh 342.73/0852 21 MAIN Gordon, Sarah Barringer, 1955- author. The Mormon question : polygamy and constitutional conflict in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Barringer Gordon. Polygamy and constitutional conflict in nineteenth-century America Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2002]. ©2002 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in legal history Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-321) and index. Introduction: Faith and the contested Constitution -- Part one. The laws of God and the laws of man. The power of the word(s). The twin relic of barbarism. The logic of resistance -- Part two. Days of judgment. Law and patriarchy at the Supreme Court. The erosion of sympathy. The marital economy -- Epilogue: The (un)faithful Constitution. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL "The conflict over polygamy became the preoccupation of novelists, journalists, political cartoonists, and newspaper editors, clerics, lecturers, lobbyists, woman's rights activists, political theorists, missionaries, state and national politicians, criminal defendants and their families, constitutional and criminal defense lawyers, federal and territorial officials, presidents, and Supreme Court justices. This book is about their efforts to explain why the practice of polygamy in the Mormon territory (eventually state) of Utah and surrounding jurisdictions created a constitutional conflict over the meaning and scope of liberty and democracy in the United States. Vast quantities of ink and paper were invested in the project, and yield rich rewards. The 'Mormon Question,' as many nineteenth-century Americans called it, posed fundamental questions about religion, marriage, and constitutional law. The national Constitution must not shield such immorality, those who opposed polygamy (antipolygamists) argued, or liberty would be fatally compromised. There must be a relationship between the structures of government created by the Constitution and the structures of Christian morality that made civilized life possible. The doubt that swirled about the moral nature of the Constitution, however, meant that such claims were always tinged by uncertainty. Real and significant differences about the core of sovereign authority in America propelled defenders of monogamy into untested constitutional theories, as they struggled to articulate how the national government could assume authority over marriage and faith in Utah. Most important, such arguments met with fierce resistance from Mormons"--Introduction, pages 1/4 (illustrations intervening). Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record; online resource viewed September 14, 2016. Master record variable field(s) change: 650 Mormonen. swd Freedom of religion United States History. Church and state United States History. Mormons Legal status, laws, etc. United States History. Polygamy Utah History. LAW Constitutional. bisacsh LAW Public. bisacsh Church and state. fast (OCoLC)fst00860509 Freedom of religion. fast (OCoLC)fst00934030 Polygamy. fast (OCoLC)fst01070459 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Utah. fast (OCoLC)fst01204563 Verfassungsstreitigkeit. swd USA. swd Geschichte 1800-1900 swd Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Gordon, Sarah Barringer, 1955- Mormon question. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 0807826618 (DLC) 2001041472 (OCoLC)47791138 Studies in legal history. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=79156 Baker and Taylor BTCP bl2003003204 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL413297 ebrary EBRY ebr10022612 EBSCOhost EBSC 79156 YBP Library Services YANK 2342368 92 N$T 48792 48792