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PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
WHEN IS A TRADE UNION NOT A TRADE UNION
The Importance of Friendly Societies
Problems with the Terms
The Importance of Freemasonry
The Way Ahead
The Contribution of the Webbs
The Webb's Legacy
CHAPTER 2
FRATERNALISM BEFORE 17171
The Substance of SF
Problems with SF Literature
Carr and 'the transition'
Facing Up at Last?
The Mediaeval Gilds, Tramping Networks and Operative Trades
Magic, Technology and Class War
CHAPTER 3
18TH CENTURY - THE AGE OF FAITH COLLIDES WITH THE AGE OF REASON
Emergence of Speculative Freemasonry
Women and Freemasonry
Parades and Ritual
Drink and Discipline
CHAPTER 4
WHEN IS A FRIENDLY SOCIETY NOT A FRIENDLY SOCIETY
The Odd Fellows
Liklihood of Borrowings from SF
Old or New Ritual?
Speculative 'Operatives' & Operative 'Operatives'
The Tramping Networks & Acts of Conspiracy
Labour History and The Rose Act, 1793
Irish & Scottish 'freemasonry'
CHAPTER 5
THE 19TH CENTURY - HOW RESPECTABILITY CAME TO THE LABOUR MOVEMENT
The Affiliated Orders & the Better Life
Peterloo and Lodge Symbolism
The Combination Committees of 1824 and the Enquiries of 1825
Tolpuddle & the Webbs
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