Salvation and Solvency : The Socio-Economic Policies of Early Mormonism.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Nineteenth-Century American Restorationism -- 1.2 Historiographical Intention -- 1.3 Overall Process -- 1.3.1 Pilot Study and Initial Hypothesis -- 1.3.2 Archival Research -- 1.3.3 Case Analysis -- 1.3.4 Constraint Identification and Application -- 1.4 Monograph Organzation and Findings -- 1.4.1 Groundwork -- 1.4.2 Case Studies -- 1.4.3 Models and Narratives -- Part I: Groundwork -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1 Research Thesis -- 2.2 Event Interpretation -- 2.2.1 Scripts and Events -- 2.2.2 Enculturation -- 2.2.3 Events in the Historical Record -- 2.2.4 Linearization Strategies -- 2.2.5 Narrative Strategy -- 2.3 Braudel's Historiographical Method -- 2.3.1 Braudel's Trifurcated Historical Time -- 2.3.2 Analysis -- 2.4 Inspiration and Biases -- 2.5 Organization -- 3. Nineteenth-Century Economic Life -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Settlement -- 3.3 Pioneer and Farm Life -- 3.4 Settled Life -- 3.5 Mobility and Trade -- 3.5.1 Using Person Power -- 3.5.2 Using Animal Power -- 3.5.3 Water Transportation -- 3.5.4 Transportation Infrastructure -- 3.6 Manufacturing and Industry -- 3.6.1 Bootstrapping the Process -- 3.6.2 Refining and Processing -- 3.6.3 Goods and Transportation Services -- 3.7 The Gentleman Farmer -- 3.7.1 Some Famous Exemplars -- 3.7.2 The Projected Image -- 3.8 Outlook -- 4. Joseph Smith Jr's Socio-Economic Baseline -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Methodological Considerations -- 4.1.2 On Extended Family Influences -- 4.1.3 On Geographic Influences -- 4.1.4 On Business Influences -- 4.2 Socio-Economic Family Influences -- 4.2.1 The Nuclear Family -- 4.2.2 The Extended Family -- 4.2.3 Summary -- 4.3 Influences of the Local Economy -- 4.3.1 Palmyra -- 4.3.2 Manchester -- 4.3.3 Canandaigua -- 4.3.4 Summary.

4.4 Joseph Smith Jr, Supernatural Consultant -- 4.4.1 Defusing the Treasure-Hunter Stigma -- 4.4.2 Searching for the Silver Mine -- 4.4.3 The Articles of the Agreement -- 4.4.4 Evaluating Joseph Smith Jr's Consultancy -- 4.5 Summary -- 5. A New Scripture -- 5.1 The Unexpected Openness of the Canon -- 5.1.1 Which Bible -- 5.1.2 The Textual Incompleteness of the Canon -- 5.1.3 The Conceptual Insufficiency of the Canon -- 5.1.4 The Lost Tribes -- 5.2 Recognizing a New Revelation -- 5.2.1 The Process of Revelation -- 5.3 The Impeccable Translation -- 5.4 The Socio-Economic Stance of the Book of Mormon -- 5.4.1 The Role of Trade in the Book of Mormon -- 5.4.2 The Socio-Economic Optimum and its Loss -- 5.4.3 Discussion -- 5.5 Outlook -- Part II: Socio-Economic Case Studies -- 6. Funding the Book of Mormon -- 6.1 Introduction to the Case Studies -- 6.1.1 Apologetics -- 6.1.2 Dominating through Details -- 6.1.3 Argumentative Focus -- 6.2 Scribes and Sponsors -- 6.2.1 The Knight Family -- 6.2.2 The Whitmer Family -- 6.2.3 Martin Harris -- 6.3 Presses, Proofs and Book Publishing -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 6.4.1 Supported by Gentlemen Farmers -- 6.4.2 Outlook -- 7. Raiding the Campbellites -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 The Split between the Baptists and the Disciples -- 7.1.2 The Spaulding-Rigdon Thesis -- 7.1.3 Outlook -- 7.2 The Campbellite Movement -- 7.2.1 Alexander Campbell -- 7.2.2 Adamson Bentley -- 7.2.4 The Mahoning Baptist Association -- 7.2.5 Pittsburgh -- 7.2.6 The Christian Baptist -- 7.2.7 The McCalla Debate -- 7.2.8 Rigdon as a Campbellite -- 7.2.9 Walter Scott's Evangelizing -- 7.2.10 Spreading the Restoration -- 7.2.11 Debating Robert Owen -- 7.2.12 Disagreeement at Austintown -- 7.2.13 Rigdon and the Rigdonites Become Mormons -- 7.2.14 Rigdon's Conversion -- 7.2.15 Differences Explored -- 7.3 Excursion: The Problem of Compensating Religious Work.

7.3.1 Salaries -- 7.3.2 Collections -- 7.3.3 Patronage -- 7.3.4 Independence -- 7.3.5 Bishops are not Preachers -- 7.3.6 The Mormon Stance -- 7.4 Outlook: Transition in Kirtland -- 8. Consecration and Stewardship -- 8.1 Edward Partridge -- 8.2 The Economics of Moving the Fayette Saints -- 8.3 Newel Kimball Whitney -- 8.3.1 Early Life -- 8.3.2 Doing Business in Kirtland -- 8.3.3 Newel K. Whitney and Company -- 8.3.4 The Fullness of the Gospel -- 8.4 The First Bishop -- 8.5 Phase I: The Beginning -- 8.5.1 Revelation D&amp -- C 42 -- 8.5.2 Discussion -- 8.5.3 Early Implementation in Ohio -- 8.6 Phase II: Independence, MS -- 8.6.1 Bringing the Partridge Family -- 8.6.2 Consecration upon Arrival -- 8.6.3 The Problem of Atomization -- 8.7 Phase III: Donations Replace Consecration in Ohio -- 8.7.1 Enforcing Donations -- 8.7.2 Relief from other Branches -- 8.8 Phase IV: The Move to Far West, Missouri -- 8.9 Outlook -- 9. The United Firm -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Initial Founding -- 9.3 Shifts and Realignments -- 9.3.1 Independence and Connectedness -- 9.3.2 Dr Frederick G. Williams -- 9.3.3 The Johnson Family -- 9.4 The United Firm at Work -- 9.4.1 Businesses in Kirtland -- 9.4.2 Properties in Missouri -- 9.4.3 Missouri Operations Disrupted -- 9.4.4 The Literary Firm Moves to Ohio -- 9.4.5 Disagreements in the United Firm -- 9.4.6 The Introduction of High Councils -- 9.5 Separation and Obfuscation -- 9.5.1 Publishing an Indemnifying Revelation -- 9.6 Reorganization and Debt -- 9.6.1 High Councils Replace the United Firm -- 9.6.2 Battling the Debt -- 10. The Kirtland Safety Society -- 10.1 Banking in Ohio -- 10.1.1 Chartered Banking in Ohio 1831-1836 -- 10.1.2 The Infamous Owl Creek Bank of Mount Vernon -- 10.1.3 Excursion: The Old Bank of Michigan -- 10.1.4 Leverage in Ohio -- 10.2 The Short History of the Safety Society.

10.2.1 Cash Flow and Cash Constriction -- 10.2.2 Unclear Origins of a Bad Idea -- 10.2.3 Founding a Bank Differently -- 10.2.4 Going it Alone -- 10.2.5 Leverage and Circulation -- 10.2.6 Further Attempts to Charter -- 10.2.7 Would the Charter have Helped? -- 10.2.8 The Banking Crisis -- 10.3 The Fall-Out -- 11. Settling Nauvoo -- 11.1 Aftermath of the Mormon War -- 11.1.1 Preventing the Scatter -- 11.1.2 Purchasing Commerce and Environs -- 11.1.3 The Church as Land Promoter -- 11.1.4 Containing Financial Troubles -- 11.2 Plats and Lots -- 11.3 Settling the Swamp -- 11.4 Experienced Hands -- 11.4.1 The Law Brothers -- 11.4.2 Edwin Woolley -- 11.4.3 Edward Hunter -- 12. Ruling Nauvoo -- 12.1 Social Engagement -- 12.1.1 Managing the Poverty Relief -- 12.1.2 The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo -- 12.2 New Ventures -- 12.2.1 The Red Brick Store -- 12.2.2 Joseph Smith Jr's Steamboats -- 12.3 Administrating the City -- 12.3.1 The Nauvoo City Charter -- 12.3.2 Funding Change-The Case of the Nauvoo House -- 12.4 The Interference from Polygamy -- 12.4.1 Ephraimite Roots -- 12.4.2 Excursion: Testing of Loyalties -- 12.4.3 Bonding and Proximity -- 12.4.4 Failure to Convince -- 12.4.5 Loyal Dissent -- 12.4.6 The Fight with the Law Brothers -- 12.5 Outlook -- 13. Nauvoo Loose Ends -- 13.1 The British Influence -- 13.2 Agricultural Association -- 13.3 Economic Bipolarism -- 13.4 Nauvoo-Periphery to Central St Louis -- 13.5 Epilogue: Superior Organization -- 13.5.1 Organizational Shortcomings of the Campbellites -- 13.5.2 Organizing the Restoration -- 14. The Evolution of Socio-Economic Policy -- 14.1 Joseph Smith Jr's Solution -- 14.1.1 Dynamic but Non-Agentive Processes -- 14.1.2 The Beginnings of Specialization -- 14.1.3 The Confluence of Problems -- 14.2 Research Findings -- 14.2.1 Research Hypothesis Reviewed -- 14.2.2 Concluding Theses.

Part III: Models and Narratives -- 15. Braudel's Mediterranean Models -- 15.1 Basic Topics -- 15.1.1 Sifting the Topics -- 15.2 The Economic Measure of Distance -- 15.2.1 Description -- 15.3 Specie and Inflation -- 15.4 The Grain Trade -- 15.5 The Imperial State -- 15.6 The Elite in Society -- 15.7 The Middle Class -- 15.8 The Poor and the Outlaws -- 15.9 On Model Transfers -- 16. Evaluating Mediterranean Models -- 16.1 The Economic Measure of Distance -- 16.2 Specie and Inflation -- 16.3 The Grain Trade -- 16.4 The Imperial State -- 16.5 Social Change -- 16.6 Model-Transfer Experiment -- 16.6.1 The Trope of Counterfeiting -- 16.6.2 A Culture of Violence -- 16.6.3 Policing Nauvoo -- 16.6.4 The Role of Drinking in Nauvoo -- 16.6.5 Detectives, Headhunters and Informers -- 16.6.6 Evaluation of Historical Models -- 16.7 Summary -- 17. Epilogue: Whence Salvation History? -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 The Implausibility of Mormon Salvation History -- 17.3 Demythologizing Salvation History -- 17.3.1 Rudolf Bultmann's Program of Interpreting Mythology -- 17.3.2 Cullmann's Counter-proposal: History as Salvation -- 17.3.3 The Present State of Salvation History -- 17.4 A Farewell to "Big Men" Salvation History -- 17.5 Within Salvation History and yet Excluded -- 17.6 Conclusion -- 18. Appendix -- 18.1 The Role of Lucy Mack Smith's Remniscences -- 18.2 Colonel Stephen Mack -- 18.2.1 Stephen Mack in the Rough Draft -- 18.2.2 Stephen Mack in the Clean Draft -- 18.2.3 Stephen Mack and the Oakland County Historians -- 18.2.4 How the Bank of Michigan Made Colonel Mack Poor -- 18.3 The 1825 Defalcation of the Bank of Michigan -- 18.3.1 Case Number Mapping -- 18.3.2 Key Events in the McCloskey Trial -- 18.3.3 Key Events in Henry J. Hunt's Trial -- 18.3.4 Key Events in Gabriel Godfroy's Trial -- 18.3.5 Key Events in Stephen Mack's Trial.

18.3.6 Key Events in Austin E. Wing's Trial.

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