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The Saints and the State : The Mormon Troubles in Illinois.

Simeone, James.
2021
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Title
The Saints and the State : The Mormon Troubles in Illinois.
Author
Simeone, James.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780821447383
9780821424469
Published
Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2021.
Copyright
©2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (437 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.34303
Summary
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.
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New Approaches to Midwestern Studies
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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.

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