Miners, Mariners & Masons

The Global Network of Victorian Freemasonry

AvRoger Burt

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Freemasonry played a major role in the economic and social life of the Victorian era but it has received very little sustained attention by academic historians. General histories of the period hardly notice the subject while detailed studies mainly confine themselves to its origins in the early eighteenth century and its later institutional development. This book is the first sustained and dispassionate study of the role of Freemasonry in everyday social and economic life: why men joined, what it did for them and their families, and how it affected the development of communities and local economies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-14
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Exeter Press
ISBN:9781905816248

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Roger Burt is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of Exeter. He has been a consultant to mining companies and government departments and contributes to radio programmes on mining related issues.

Recensioner i media

This is the assured and accessible prose of an author who, over the course of a career, has mastered much about communication, Freemasonry, mariners and miners. His detailed and thorough assessment is supported by a scholarly bibliography, helpful references, 3 indexes and over 40 figures, illustrations and tables. Burt has produced an exemplar case study for family and community historians. More than that he challenges the widely presented view that between 1700 and 1900 reciprocity was killed by the impersonal negotiations associated with markets and urbanisation. Through his demonstration and explanation of the materiality of a persistant, overt discourse of brotherly love he has breathed new life into the corpse and indeed questioned if it was ever dead.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Freemasonry—a Global InstitutionCornwall and Cornish Freemasonry in the Nineteenth CenturyThe Economic and Social Structure of Cornish Craft Lodges and Side OrdersReason for Joining, Part 1. Life-Enhancing and Reassurance: Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, CharitableReasons for Joining, Part 2. Occupational: Mutual Assurance, Access and NetworkingInternational Comparison: The Western United StatesOther International Comparisons: Victoria, Australia and Southern AfricaThe Influence of Freemasonry: Members and their CommunitiesConclusion