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Freemasonry played a major role in the economic and social life of the Victorian era but it has received very little 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 socia...

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.

E. B. White once said, only places that are a bit decadent are pleasant to live in. Charm, especially Philadelphia charm, wouldn't be the same without the tinge of decadence found in the lives of Philadelphia's upper class.The Perennial Philadelphians tells the story of the city's inherited aristocracy--of Wanamakers and Drexels, of Biddles and Cadwaladers. Drawing on history, genealogy, politics, economics, the fine arts, private diaries, and...

Alle zwei Jahre findet in den USA ein berüchtigtes illegales Autorennen von der Ostzur Westküste statt der Cannonball Run. Das lockt die verrücktesten Draufgänger an, wie den als Rettungsfahrer getarnten J.J. McClure (Burt Reynolds), die beiden Schlitzohren in Priesterkostümen Blake (Dean Martin) und Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.), den Aston Martin fahrenden Playboy Seymour (Roger Moore) oder zwei durchgeknallte Japaner (u.a. Jackie Chan) mit ih...

Alle zwei Jahre findet in den USA ein berüchtigtes illegales Autorennen von der Ostzur Westküste statt der Cannonball Run. Das lockt die verrücktesten Draufgänger an, wie den als Rettungsfahrer getarnten J.J. McClure (Burt Reynolds), die beiden Schlitzohren in Priesterkostümen Blake (Dean Martin) und Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.), den Aston Martin fahrenden Playboy Seymour (Roger Moore) oder zwei durchgeknallte Japaner (u.a. Jackie Chan) mit ih...

Mining in Cornwall and Devon is an economic history of mines, mineral ownership, and mine management in the South West of England.The work brings together material from a variety of hard-to-find sources on the thousands of mines that operated in Cornwall and Devon from the late 1790s to the present day. It presents information on what they produced and when they produced it, who the owners and managers were and how many men, women and children...

The northwest corner of Mexico contains some of the most fascinating geography found on the continent. This book helps to learn about the land, history, economy, culture, and cities of these Mexican states: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa, and, Sonora.