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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779187703321

Autore

Blackwell Russell

Titolo

The architects of America : Freemasons and the growth of the United States / / Russell Charles Blackwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Algora Pub., , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-87586-908-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

366/.10973

Soggetti

Freemasonry - United States - History

Freemasonry - Symbolism

Freemasonry - Rituals

Architecture - United States - History

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Entrance -- pt. 3. Floor -- pt. 4. Roof.

Sommario/riassunto

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.