Structural Musings

In the context of the question of where to best put the battle between cessationists and continuationists in the explication of 19th century reactions to the gifts of the spirit in line with the New Testament interpretation, arose the question of whether the division into chapters is really working the way I need it to right now.

1. Background (60 pages)
1. Methodology (5-10 pages)
2. Everyday Life in 19th Century America (10-15 pages)
3. Joseph Smiths Socio-Economic Baseline (25 pages)
4. Ready for the Book of Mormon (15 pages)
2. Socio-Economic Case Studies (200 pages) 
1. Funding the Book of Mormon (20 pages)
2. Raiding the Campbellites (20 pages)
3. Law of Consecration 1 (20 pages)
4. United Firm (20 pages)
5. Kirtland Banking Society (20 pages)
6. Law of Consecration 2 (20 pages)
7. Nauvoo (60 pages)
1. Settling Nauvoo (10-15 pages)
2. Making Nauvoo Work (25-30 pages)
3. Loose Ends (20 pages) 
1. British Influence
2. Economic Bipolarism & Infighting
3. The Need for St Louis
4. Brigham Young: Isolationism Revisited
8. Summary: The Evolution of JS Socio-Economic Policy  (20 pages)
3. Models and Narratives (60 pages)
1. Braudel's Mediterranean Models (20 pages)
2. Evaluating the Model Shift (20 pages)
3. Salvation History in the Age of Micro History (20 pages)
4. Appendices
1. Stephen Mack bankruptcy proceedings
2. ...

[= 320 pages, ~81,000 words]