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The architects of America : Freemasons and the growth of the United States / Russell Charles Blackwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackwell, Russell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freemasonry--United States--History.
- Freemasonry.
- Freemasonry--Symbolism.
- Freemasonry--Rituals.
- Architecture--United States--History.
- Architecture.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Foundations
- pt. 2. Entrance
- pt. 3. Floor
- pt. 4. Roof.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-87586-908-4
- OCLC:
- 821198162
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