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
Autor principal: Johnson, Janiece L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mormons.
Mass media > Influence.
Mass media > United States > Influence.
Mormons > History.
Mormons > United States > Public opinion.
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857.
Utah.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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' on America's West and to encourage government action against the Latter-day Saints"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (234 pages): illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781469673554

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