Unpopular sovereignty :

Rogers, Brent M.,

Unpopular sovereignty : Mormons and the federal management of early Utah Territory / Brent M. Rogers. - 1 online resource (401 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imperium in imperio : sovereignty and the American territorial system -- Intimate contact : gender, plural marriage, and the U.S. Army in Utah Territory, 1854-1856 -- Missionaries to the Indians : Mormon and federal Indian policies -- Confronting the "twin relics of barbarism" : the Mormon question, the Buchanan administration, and the limits of popular sovereignty -- The Utah War and the westward march of federal sovereignty, 1857-1858 -- The U.S. Army and the symbolic conquering of Mormon sovereignty -- To 1862 : the codification of federal authority and the end of popular sovereignty in the western territories.

9780803296466 (e-book)


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.


Representative government and representation--History--Utah--19th century.
Religion and politics--History--Utah--19th century.
Mormon Church--History--19th century.


Utah--History--19th century.
United States--Territories and possessions--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

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