Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America by Mark C. Carnes

Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America

Mark C. Carnes

240 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias--why did millions of nineteenth-century American men belong to these and other secret orders? In this engrossing study, Mark C. Carnes argues that fraternal rituals created a fantasy world antithetical t...

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