Builders of empire [electronic resource] : Freemasons and British imperialism, 1717-1927 / Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs.
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TextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 384 p.) : ill., mapISBN: - 9781469606651 (electronic bk.)
- 1469606658 (electronic bk.)
- Freemasonry -- Great Britain -- History
- Imperialism -- History
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History
- Vrijmetselarij
- Imperialisme
- Britse Rijk
- Freimaurer -- Imperialismus -- Grossbritannien
- Imperialismus -- Freimaurer -- Grossbritannien
- Kolonie -- britische -- Geschichte Neuzeit
- Freimaurer -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte Neuzeit
- Imperialismus
- Freimaurerei
- Kolonialismus -- Freimaurerei -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930
- Freimaurerei -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930
- Grossbritannien
- British Commonwealth -- Freimaurerei -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930
- Grossbritannien -- Imperialismus -- Freimaurerei -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies
- 366/.109410903 22
- HS595.S5 .H37 2007eb
- 15.59
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-367) and index.
Introduction: The ancient and honourable fraternity of free and accepted Masons -- A vast chain extending round the whole globe -- In every climate a home -- Resolv'd against all politics? -- Our first duty as Britons -- Men of the best standing -- A spirit of universal fraternity -- Loyal citizens of the empire -- Conclusion: The cosmopolitan order of the ages? -- Appendix: Royal Freemasons.
"Examining how the brotherhood and the empire transformed each other, Harland-Jacobs addresses issues of globalization, supranational identities, imperial power, fraternalism, and masculinity."--BOOK JACKET.
Description based on print version record.