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Great Basin kingdomBook 1966 • Arrington, Leonard J.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
TThis history of Mormon economic policies and institutions as they developed and changed from 1830 to1900 focuses on the Church as a central planning agency in the development of the Great Basin region. Among the topics covered are: Church immigratio...Orderville, UtahBook 1954 • Arrington, Leonard J.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
The community of Orderville attempted to reconcile Mormon communalism with capitalism by trying to realize full employment and equality while stimulating production and profit. The social experiment lasted for over ten years but eventually ended in t...Early Mormon communitarianismessay 1972 • Arrington, Leonard J.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
This work discusses attempts by the first Mormons to build a religious community based on the leveling and communitarian principles of consecration and stewardship, as originally revealed to Joseph Smith. All property was deeded to the Church in exch...Crisis in Identityessay 1972 • Arrington, Leonard J.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document begins by reviewing the various crises threatening Mormon identity and survival: at its beginnings in the 1830s when the Church was first established, following the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, with the coming of the transcontinental ...