The Fraternal Atlantic, 1770-1930

ISBN-13: 9780367654085 / Miękka / 2023 / 156 str.

Opis

This book examines Freemasonry in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Drawing on fresh empirical evidence, the chapters position fraternalism as a critical component of Atlantic history.

Spis treści

The fraternal Atlantic: An introduction  Part I: Revolutions  1. From a cosmopolitan fraternity to an imperialist institution: Freemasonry in British North America in the 1780s–1790s  2. Brothers in exile: Masonic lodges and the refugees of the Haitian Revolution, 1790s–1820  Part II: Race  3. A secret brotherhood? The question of black Freemasonry before and after the Haitian Revolution  4. "Perfectly proper and conciliating": Jean-Pierre Boyer, freemasonry, and the revolutionary Atlantic in eastern Connecticut, 1800–1801  Part III: Tensions  5. Atlantic antagonism: Revolution and race in German-American Masonic relations, 1848–1861  6. The great divide: Transatlantic brothering and masonic internationalism, c. 1890–c. 1930

O autorze

Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida, USA; her research focuses on the British Empire and comparative imperialism.

Jan C. Jansen is a professor of global history at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include comparative imperial history, refugee history, and the history of the Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds.

Elizabeth Mancke studies the geopolitical impact of European expansion on systems of governance. She is a Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.