{"product_id":"a-noble-fight-9780252033650","title":"A Noble Fight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA critical investigation into the associational culture of African American freemasonry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Recommended.”--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astounding reinterpretation of the roots of the black Masonic movement.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Masonic cultural and institutional forms and the struggle for democracy among African Americans.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of African American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This very important work is extraordinarily well researched, theoretically sophisticated, and well written. A major intervention and valuable contribution to the fields of Africana and American studies, cultural studies, and political theory.\"--Anthony Bogues, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Heretics and Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walker's attention to freemasonry expands the terrain of analysis of black civil society. His retelling of the story of the beginning of the association--foregrounding the black Atlantic context--recasts how scholars in the field think of the Masons and their place in African American history. Superb scholarship.\"--Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eIn a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface: A Note on Freemasonry   vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Secret Rites, Public Power   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Specter of Democracy   23\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Cartography of Democracy   45\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ritual and Revolution   86\u003cbr\u003e 4. A New Political Ideology   128\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Democratic Uses of Ritual and Secrecy   175\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Race, Ritual, and the Struggle for Democracy in America   219\u003cbr\u003e Notes   227\u003cbr\u003e Index   281\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359002100055,"sku":"9780252033650","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252033650.jpg?v=1754123177","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-noble-fight-9780252033650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}