Native American Freemasonry: Associationalism and Performance in America

by Joy Porter

Book Overview

Freemasonry has played a significant role in the history of Native Americans since the colonial era--a role whose extent and meaning are fully explored for the first time in this book. The overarching concern of Native American Freemasonry is with how Masonry met specific social and personal needs of Native Americans, a theme developed across three periods: the revolutionary era, the last third of the nineteenth century, and the years following...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803225474
• ISBN13: 9780803225473
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"