CONCLUSION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION. Fraternalism as a Social Form 3
5. PART ONE: EUROPEAN DEFINITIONS
6. 1. The Fraternal Model 21
7. 2. The Craftsman as Hero 53
8. PART TWO: AMERICAN TRANSFORMATIONS
9. 3. Was the Lodge a Working-Class Institution? 87
10. 4. Fraternal Orders in Nineteenth-Century America 111
11. 5. Social Fraternalism and the Artisanal Ideal 145
12. 6. The Rise of the Women's Auxiliary 178
13. 7. The Business of Brotherhood 211
14. CONCLUSION 243
15. INDEX 265