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Author Blackwell, Russell

Title The Architects of America : Freemasons and the Growth of the United States
Published New York : Algora Publishing, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (330 pages)
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
Subject Freemasonry -- United States -- History
Freemasonry -- Symbolism.
Freemasonry -- Rituals.
Architecture -- United States -- History.
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
ISBN 9780875869087
0875869084