TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dumenil,Lynn
TI  - Freemasonry and American Culture, 1880-1930
T2  - eBooks on Demand
SN  - 9781400853830
AV  - HS529 .D86 2014 
U1  - 366.10973366/.1/0973 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Freemasonry -- United States -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Freemasonry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
KW  - United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
KW  - United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
KW  - WASPs (Persons)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Contents; Part 1: Masonry in the Nineteenth Century; Part 2: Masonry in the 1920s
N2  -  As the United States moved from Victorian values to those of modern consumerism, the religious component of Freemasonry was increasingly displaced by a secular ideology of service (like that of business and professional clubs), and the Freemasons' psychology of asylum from the competitive world gave way to the aim of good fellowship"" within it. This study not only illuminates this process but clarifies the neglected topic of fraternal orders and enriches our understanding of key facets of American cultural change.  Originally published in 1984.  The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest p
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ER  -