Secret Societies

Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America

Mark C. Carnes

Study of initiation rituals in nineteenth-century American fraternal orders.

Subject matter

Fraternal orders; ritual; gender; Victorian America

Culture / tradition

Academic social history

Publication / composition

1989

Edition publication year

Not specified

Historical figures

Not specified

Historical timeframe

Modern Era (1800 CE–Present) · 1865 CE – 1920 CE

Approximate main subject period; carried forward from the earlier timeline guide.