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Author Harland-Jacobs, Jessica.

Title Builders of empire : Freemasons and British imperialism, 1717-1927 / Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 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
Summary "Examining how the brotherhood and the empire transformed each other, Harland-Jacobs addresses issues of globalization, supranational identities, imperial power, fraternalism, and masculinity."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-367) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Freemasonry -- Great Britain -- History
Imperialism -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Freemasonry & Secret Societies.
British colonies
Freemasonry
Imperialism
Imperialismus
Freimaurerei
Vrijmetselarij.
Imperialisme.
Freimaurer -- Imperialismus -- Grossbritannien.
Imperialismus -- Freimaurer -- Grossbritannien.
Kolonie -- britische -- Geschichte Neuzeit.
Freimaurer -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte Neuzeit.
Kolonialismus -- Freimaurerei -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930.
Freimaurerei -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
Subject Great Britain
Großbritannien
Britse Rijk.
British Commonwealth -- Freimaurerei -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930.
Grossbritannien -- Imperialismus -- Freimaurerei -- Geschichte -- 1720-1930.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006020060
ISBN 9781469606651
1469606658