03042nam a2200541Ki 4500 ocn862745819 OCoLC 20200709060013.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 131111s2013 ilu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780252095351 (electronic bk.) 0252095359 (electronic bk.) 9780252038082 0252038088 9780252079573 0252079574 (OCoLC)862745819 662120 (N$T) BX8643.P63 T35 2013eb REL 094000 bisacsh 289.3/7309034 23 N$TA Talbot, Christine, author. A foreign kingdom : Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890 / Christine Talbot. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2013] 2013 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Explores "the Mormon question," the division between public/private spheres, and the ways that plural marriage was received by the American public. The author argues that the conflict over plural marriage was as much about conceptions of "Americanness" as it was about the practice of plural marriage itself. Description based on print version record. Polygamy Religious aspects Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History 19th century. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History 19th century. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Controversial literature History and criticism. Mormon Church History 19th century. RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Talbot, Christine, author. Foreign kingdom 9780252038082 (DLC) 2013015222 (OCoLC)842307483 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662120 EBSCOhost EBSC 662120 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54109 54109