America's Saints: The Rise of Mormon Power
- ISBN-10
- 0399129243
- ISBN-13
- 9780399129247
- Category
- Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Putnam Publishing Group
- Authors
- Robert Gottlieb, Peter Booth Wiley
Description
The authors trace the rise of Mormon power since World War II, and analyze its economic empire of real estate, banks, and a media chain
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