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viii, 389 pages ; 24 cm |
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At head of title: Charles W. Ferguson. |
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"Selected list of sources": p. 361-380. |
| Contents |
Prolegomenon: Why do they join -- Alpha and Omega: The masons -- Greek Meets Greek: The college Fraternities -- Reform with a vengeance: The temperance bands -- Home Talent: The knights of pythias -- Unity in diversity: The women's clubs -- Hounds of heaven: Rotary, Kiwanis, and lions -- Embattled Haberdashery: The facist shirts -- Brotherhood, inc.: Workmen, Woodmen, Royal arcanum, and Maccabees -- How times have changed: The chambers of commerce -- After the war was over: The American legion -- Class struggle: Knights of labor and patrons of Husbandry -- Blackface: The lodges of the American negro -- Petticoat influence: Daughters of the American revolution -- Knights of lost splendor: The independent order of odd fellows -- Allah be praised!: The shriners -- The lost tribes of Israel: Jewish orders -- Ancestor worship: The sons of this and daughters of that -- Animal crackers: Elks, Moose, and eagles -- They also join: The catholic societies -- Satellites: The eastern star and others -- Know-Nothingism up to date: Sentinels of the Republic and American liberty leauge -- Burlesque: Hoo-hoo, veterans of future wars, G. F. P. O. P., A. P. C. S. P. G., etc. -- Album: A few daguerreotypes and modern prints |
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Secret societies -- United States.
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Secret societies. |
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United States. |
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Fraternal organizations -- United States.
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Fraternal organizations. |
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Clubs -- United States.
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Clubs. |
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