A Foreign Kingdom
Subtitle: Mormons and Polygamy in American Political Culture, 1852-1890
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: Nov 07, 2013
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780252038082
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: A Foreign Kingdom: Mormons and Polygamy in American Political Culture, 1852-1890