Salvation and Solvency

Most books on Mormonism focus, positively or negatively, on the early leading men and women of this American Millennarian religious movement. Inspired by Fernand Braudel's book on the Mediterranean, this monograph looks at the religious, social and the economic contexts and precedents in which the early Mormon leadership pursued their socio-economic policies, thus highlighting both the innovative and the conservative aspects in their planning.