Miners, Mariners & Masons

The Global Network of Victorian Freemasonry
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-905816-24-8
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burt, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Klubs, Vereine, Geheimgesellschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Freemasonry—a Global Institution

Cornwall and Cornish Freemasonry in the Nineteenth Century

The Economic and Social Structure of Cornish Craft Lodges and Side Orders

Reason for Joining, Part 1. Life-Enhancing and Reassurance: Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, Charitable

Reasons for Joining, Part  2. Occupational: Mutual Assurance, Access and Networking

International Comparison: The Western United States

Other International Comparisons: Victoria, Australia and Southern Africa

The Influence of Freemasonry: Members and their Communities

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Burt, Roger
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.