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Author Blackwell, Russell

Title The architects of America : Freemasons and the growth of the United States / Russell Charles Blackwell
Published New York : Algora Pub., ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Entrance -- pt. 3. Floor -- pt. 4. Roof
Summary Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the USA in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-especially their description of the 'ideal building' or Temple-the concurrent construction of America and the role Freemasons played in it, and the emergence of a simple but highly symbolic mathematical formula that recurs regularly throughout the history of the Republic. Maps and diagrams illustrate the surprising coherence of the theor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Freemasonry -- United States -- History
Freemasonry -- Symbolism.
Freemasonry -- Rituals.
Architecture -- United States -- History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Freemasonry & Secret Societies.
Architecture
Freemasonry
Freemasonry -- Rituals
Freemasonry -- Symbolism
SUBJECT United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012001686
ISBN 9780875869087
0875869084