As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930

by David Byrne, Bruce Lee Webb, Lynne Adele, et al.

"There's an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations--high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social setting--which deep down must also have been a whole lot of fun. Now it's as if that foundational Other America, that underpinning of the America we know, has gradually eroded, and here we remain, living in a world that is a mere shell, a movie set, of the world that made our world manifest, that brought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292759509
• ISBN13: 9780292759503
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.8" x 10.6"