Convicting the Mormons The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture.

"In Convicting the Mormons, Janiece Johnson goes beyond the Mountain Meadows Massacre itself, analyzing how sensationalist media attention exacerbated public and legal perception of the Mormon religion. Johnson reveals that critics of Mormonism used the massacre to warn of a 'Mormon Menace...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Janiece
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2023.
Temas:
1857
Mass media > United States > Influence.
Latter Day Saints > History.
Latter Day Saints > United States > Public opinion.
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857.
Mormons > Histoire.
Massacre de Mountain Meadows, Utah, 1857.
RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Mormons
Mass media > Influence
Utah
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Grant Statement
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Prologue: Crime Meets Punishment
  • Introduction: A Mormon Massacre
  • Chapter One. Mormon Savagery: Murder an' Massacretion
  • Chapter Two. Circumscribing Civilization: The White Hellhounds
  • Chapter Three. Relinquished Manhood: Be Men
  • Chapter Four. Prosecuting Mormonism: The Tyrant of the Mormon Church and Theocratic Despotism
  • Chapter Five. One Punishment Is Not Enough: Lee's Second Trial, Execution, and Aftermath
  • Epilogue: Ex Uno Disce Omnes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes

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