Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory

by Brent M. Rogers

Book Overview

Charles Redd Center Phi Alpha Theta Book Award for the Best Book on the American West
2018 Francis Armstrong Madsen Best Book Award from the Utah State Historical Society
2018 Best First Book Award from the Mormon History Association

Newly created territories in antebellum America were designed to be extensions of national sovereignty and jurisdiction. Utah Territory, however, was a deeply contested space in which a cohesive settler...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803295855
• ISBN13: 9780803295858
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"