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Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846
ISBN: 9780807843000 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Using the concept of "classical republicanism" in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptional phenomenon representing a countercultural ideology fundamentally subversive to American society. Rather, he maintains, both the Saints and their enemies affirmed republican principles, but in radically different ways.
Winn identifies the 1830 founding of the Mormon church as a religious protest against the pervasive disorder plaguing antebellum America, attracting people who saw the libertarianism, religious pluralism, and market... Using the concept of "classical republicanism" in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptiona...
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Missouri Law and the American Conscience, 1: Historical Rights and Wrongs
ISBN: 9780826222510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Missouri Law and the American Conscience: Historic Rights and Wrongs
ISBN: 9780826220691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Until recently, many of Missouri's legal records were inaccessible and the existence of many influential, historic cases was unknown. The ten essays in this volume showcase Missouri as both maker and microcosm of American history. Some of the topics are famous: Dred Scott's slave freedom suit, Virginia Minor's women's suffrage case, Curt Flood's suit against professional baseball, and the Nancy Cruzan "right to die" case. Other essays cover court cases concerning the uneasy incorporation of ethnic and cultural populations into the United States; political loyalty tests during the Civil... Until recently, many of Missouri's legal records were inaccessible and the existence of many influential, historic cases was unknown. The ten essay... |
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317,18 zł |