Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press) - Softcover

Bullock, Steven C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080784750X ISBN 13: 9780807847503

Verlag: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 1998

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Book by Bullock Steven C

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The book s strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History" The book 's strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History" The book_s strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History" The booka[s strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History" Any further inquires into the order of Freemasons in America will turn to this book as their starting point."Journal of American History" [Bullock's] research is exhaustive, his argument learned and subtle, his prose clear, and his insights numerous."Pennsylvania History" The books strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History" Bullock does an outstanding job linking Masonry to larger social and political developments. "Journal of the Early Republic" [A]ssuredly will be recognized as a landmark in the field."Journal of Social History" Bullock's research is exhaustive, his argument learned and subtle, his prose clear, and his insights numerous."Pennsylvania History" A ssuredly will be recognized as a landmark in the field."Journal of Social History" "[Bullock's] research is exhaustive, his argument learned and subtle, his prose clear, and his insights numerous."Pennsylvania History"" The bookUs strength is its placement of Masonry in a variety of surrounding intellectual contexts. "Journal of Southern History"

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In the first comprehensive history of the fraternity known to outsiders primarily for its secrecy and rituals, Steven Bullock traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North America in the 1730s to its near-destruction by a massive anti-Masonic movement almost a century later and its subsequent reconfiguration into the brotherhood we know today. With a membership that included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere, and Andrew Jackson, Freemasonry is fascinating in its own right, but Bullock also places the movement at the center of the transformation of American society and culture from the colonial era to the rise of Jacksonian democracy. Using lodge records, members' reminiscences and correspondence, and local and Masonic histories, Bullock links Freemasonry with the changing ideals of early American society. Although the fraternity began among colonial elites, its spread during the Revolution and afterward allowed it to play an important role in shaping the new nation's ideas of liberty and equality. Ironically, however, the more inclusive and universalist Masonic ideas became, the more threatening its members' economic and emotional bonds seemed to outsiders, sparking an explosive attack on the fraternity after 1826. American History |A comprehensive history of the first century of Freemasonry in America.

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• Verlag: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 080784750X
• ISBN 13: 9780807847503
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 446