{"product_id":"native-american-freemasonry-associationalism-and-performance-in-america-9780803225473","title":"Native American Freemasonry  Associationalism and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of the complex relationships between Freemasonry and Native American Indians over the past three hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This elegantly written book has much to recommend it. It is meticulously documented and is based on archival and secondary sources housed in major Masonic libraries in cities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The book serves as a metric for studies of Native Americans and of other minority groups who have participated in Freemasonry. . . . [\u003ci\u003eNative American Freemasonry\u003c\/i\u003e] breaks new ground and should be read by both historians and general readers.\"—R. William Weisberger, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Thoughtful and sophisticated.”—Alan Garrison, \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Offers many clarifications and revelations about a previously unexplored aspect of Native American history and Freemasonry. It belongs in all university and public libraries.”—Emily E. Auger, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Native Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Joy Porter's book on freemasonry among American Indians deepens our understanding of how an institution once seen solely as elitist and secret could be used to give meaning to native American spiritual beliefs and social activism. It joins a growing scholarly literature that is changing the way we view freemasonry as well as our understanding of Indian Americans. A triumph of scholarship!\"—Margaret C. Jacob, distinguished professor of history, UCLA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNative American Freemasonry \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an important insight into how Native and European Americans made use of Masonic space for mutual recognition, acceptance, and cultural exchange and how popular notions of \"Nativeness\" were exploited within the context of American fraternalism.\"—Bro. Robert Blackburn, \u003ci\u003eRising Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on Terms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. A History of Freemasonry: From Europe to the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarchy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Native American Freemasons: The Revolutionary Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Native American Freemasons: The \"Settlement\" of the West and the Civil War Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Native American Freemasons: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. On Television's Deathblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and the Declining Role of Fraternalism in American Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405245981015,"sku":"9780803225473","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803225473.jpg?v=1730489264","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/native-american-freemasonry-associationalism-and-performance-in-america-9780803225473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}