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The Mormon question : polygamy and constitutional conflict in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Barringer Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Sarah Barringer, 1955-
- Series:
- Studies in legal history.
- Studies in legal history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of religion--United States--History.
- Freedom of religion.
- Church and state--United States--History.
- Church and state.
- Polygamy--Utah--History.
- Polygamy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From 1852, until the Mormon Church's decision to abandon the practice in 1890, the battle over polygamy redefined religious liberty in America. This book discusses the "Mormon question" and its legacy in constitutional law and political theory.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part Two; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[297]-321) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890870742
- 9780807875261
- 0807875260
- OCLC:
- 70740864
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