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• catalog abstract ""Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable, this first study of eighteenth-century Russian Freemasonry to appear in English examines the Masonic lodges and their meaning for the men who were drawn to them. As some of the earliest organizations in Russia to open membership beyond social class, the lodges offered the opportunity for social interaction, personal discipline, and a free exchange of ideas. Teaching new standards of civility and politeness, they helped to prepare the way for the birth of a civil society in Russia."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11117692.
• catalog coverage "Russia Intellectual life 18th century.".
• catalog coverage "Russia Social conditions To 1801.".
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable, this first study of eighteenth-century Russian Freemasonry to appear in English examines the Masonic lodges and their meaning for the men who were drawn to them. As some of the earliest organizations in Russia to open membership beyond social class, the lodges offered the opportunity for social interaction, personal discipline, and a free exchange of ideas. Teaching new standards of civility and politeness, they helped to prepare the way for the birth of a civil society in Russia."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Life in the Lodges -- 2. The Russian Public; or, Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. Virtue's Refuge, Wisdom's Temple -- 4. The Image of the Mason.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-247) and index.".
• catalog extent "x, 257 p. :".
• catalog identifier "087580246X (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Russia Intellectual life 18th century.".
• catalog spatial "Russia Social conditions To 1801.".
• catalog spatial "Russia".
• catalog spatial "Russia.".
• catalog subject "366/.1/094709033 21".
• catalog subject "Enlightenment Russia.".
• catalog subject "Freemasonry Russia History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "HS624 .S58 1999".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Life in the Lodges -- 2. The Russian Public; or, Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. Virtue's Refuge, Wisdom's Temple -- 4. The Image of the Mason.".
• catalog title "Working the rough stone : freemasonry and society in eighteenth-century Russia / Douglas Smith.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".