American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities
With over four million members worldwide, and two million in the U.S., Freemasonry is the largest fraternal organization in the world. Published in conjunction with the National Heritage Museum, this extravagantly illustrated volume offers an overview of Freemasonry's origins in seventeenth-century Scotland and England before exploring its evolving role in American history, from the Revolution through the labor and civil rights movements, and into the twenty-first century. American Freemasons...
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With over four million members worldwide, and two million in the U.S., Freemasonry is the largest fraternal organization in the world. Published in conjunction with the National Heritage Museum, this extravagantly illustrated volume offers an overview of Freemasonry's origins in seventeenth-century Scotland and England before exploring its evolving role in American history, from the Revolution through the labor and civil rights movements, and into the twenty-first century. American Freemasons explores some of the causes for the rise and fall of membership in the fraternity and why it has attracted men in such large numbers for centuries.American Freemasons is the perfect introduction to understanding a society that, while shrouded in mystery, has played an integral role in the lives and communities of millions of Americans.Copublished with the National Heritage Museum
Ch. 1Enlightenment : Freemasonry in Britain and Europe, 1600-180016Ch. 2Peaceable citizens : Freemasonry in colonial and revolutionary America, 1730-180033Ch. 3Act honorably : Freemasonry and Federalist America, 1800-183548Ch. 4The foundation of every virtue : Masonic self-improvement, 1835-187068Ch. 5Safely lodged : secret rituals and Freemasonry, 1870-190085Ch. 6Relieve the distressed : mutual benefit in the Industrial Age, 1870-1900104Ch. 7From labor to refreshment : fraternal fun, 1880-1910122Ch. 8Powers and properties of magnitudes : tensions in the lodge, 1900-1920138Ch. 9Plain dealing : the Rotarian Age and Freemasonry's new personality, 1920-1941158Ch. 10One family : the Masonic good life, 1942-1965179Ch. 11They are all exhausted : Freemasons' service for new communities, 1966-2000198
