The architects of America : Freemasons and the growth of the United States / Russell Charles Blackwell.
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TextPublication details: New York : Algora Pub., ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
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- Freemasonry -- United States -- History
- Freemasonry -- Symbolism
- Freemasonry -- Rituals
- Architecture -- United States -- History
- United States -- History
- Franc-maçonnerie -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Franc-maçonnerie -- Symbolisme
- Franc-maçonnerie -- Rituel
- Architecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- États-Unis -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Freemasonry & Secret Societies
- Architecture
- Freemasonry
- Freemasonry -- Rituals
- Freemasonry -- Symbolism
- United States
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- HS517 .B53 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Entrance -- pt. 3. Floor -- pt. 4. Roof.
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.
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