Introduction. Relative importance of communism in the economic life of the Mormons. I. Historical background, 135. — Physiographical conditions in Jackson County, Missouri, 137. — The Mormon social body, 137. — II. Joseph Smith's first outline of the United Order. Characteristics of his project, 139. — The first attempt at Independence, 146. — The Mormon "deeds, " 147. — Reasons for first failure, 151. — Comparison of the order with contemporaneous communities, 152. — III. The order elsewhere in Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois, 155. — IV. The order in Utah, 156. — Influence of Brigham Young, 158. — His efforts to establish communism, 159. — Outstanding attributes, 162. — History of the Utah plan, 164. — Orderville, 165. — V. Conclusion. Causes of failure, 171. — Hope of future revival, 173.

Introduction: importance of coöperation in the early economic history of Utah, 461. — I. Associative enterprises in colonization, 463. — Mormon colonization policy, 463. — Coöperative building of irrigation systems, 466. — Division of the irrigation water acquired, 468. — Other kinds of concerted community effort, 472. — II. Coöperative stores; causes leading up to their establishment, 473. — Zion's Coöperative Mercantile Institution, 475. — The smaller retail stores, 489. — III. Industrial coöperation. Woolen mills, 490. — The beet sugar industry, 490. — Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, 493. — Beneficial Life Insurance Company, 494. — Hotel Utah, 495. — IV. Present status, 498.