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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| ISBN: | 146967355X 9781469673554 9781469673547 1469673541 |