Native American Freemasonry : Associationalism and Performance in America.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Terms -- 1. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part One -- 2. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part Two -- 3. A History of Freemasonry: From Europe to the United States -- 4. Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarchy -- 5. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part One -- 6. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part Two -- 7. Native American Freemasons: The Revolutionary Era -- 8. Native American Freemasons: The "Settlement" of the West and the Civil War Era -- 9. Native American Freemasons: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 10. On Television's Deathblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and the Declining Role of Fraternalism in American Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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