02476nam 2200613 a 450 991081897370332120240516122539.00-87586-908-4(CKB)2550000000100836(EBL)864147(OCoLC)821198162(SSID)ssj0000736367(PQKBManifestationID)12385585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736367(PQKBWorkID)10785852(PQKB)10795369(MiAaPQ)EBC864147(Au-PeEL)EBL864147(CaPaEBR)ebr10558444(EXLCZ)99255000000010083620120119h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe architects of America Freemasons and the growth of the United States /Russell Charles Blackwell1st ed.New York :Algora Pub.,2012.©20121 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) illustrations (some color)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-906-8 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.FreemasonryUnited StatesHistoryFreemasonrySymbolismFreemasonryRitualsArchitectureUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistoryFreemasonryHistory.FreemasonrySymbolism.FreemasonryRituals.ArchitectureHistory.366/.10973Blackwell Russell1653354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818973703321The architects of America4004633UNINA