Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Esplin, Scott C. (Scott Clair), 1974- author.

Title Return to the city of Joseph : modern Mormonism's contest for the soul of Nauvoo / Scott C. Esplin.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
©2019

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : "Come after us" -- The Mormon city in decline -- Nauvoo as a Reorganized Church foothold -- Latter-day Saint re-interest in Nauvoo -- Nauvoo restoration incorporated and a formal Latter-day Saint presence in Nauvoo -- Responding to the restoration : competing visions and unanswered questions -- The reconstructed Nauvoo Temple : crown jewel of the restoration -- Epilogue : the future for faith in Nauvoo -- Appendix : chronology of restoration projects in Nauvoo/Carthage.
Summary 'Return to the City of Joseph' examines the conflicts over historical memory that have developed as Mormonism returned to western Illinois. It focuses on the social history of the community, examining interactions between groups impacted by Mormonism's touristic takeover. In a broader way, it also intersects with studies of historical tourism and pilgrimage.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History.
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History.
Latter Day Saints.
Illinois -- Nauvoo.
History.
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Church history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Esplin, Scott C. (Scott Clair), 1974- Return to the city of Joseph. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019] 9780252042102 (DLC) 2018019672 (OCoLC)1040079452
ISBN 9780252050855 (electronic book)
0252050851 (electronic book)
9780252042102
0252042107
9780252083815
0252083814