Native American freemasonry : associationalism and performance in America / Joy Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Joy, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freemasons.

Indians of North America--Societies, etc.

Indians of North America.

Freemasons--United States--History.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 329 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2011]

Contents:

1 Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part One 1

2 Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part Two 27

3 A-History of Freemasonry: From Europe to the United States 52

4 Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarchy 79

5 The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part One 105

6 The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part Two 150

7 Native American Freemasons: The Revolutionary Era 189

8 Native American Freemasons: The "Settlement" of the West and the Civil War Era 207

9 Native American Freemasons: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 227

10 On Television's Deathblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and the Declining Role of Fraternalism in American Life 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803225473

0803225474

OCLC:

712115610