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BRITISH CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 1580-1800
THE ORIGINS OF AN ASSOCIATIONAL WORLD |
| By: |
Peter Clark |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198203764 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198203766 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 January, 2000 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Social History |
| Pages: |
534 |
| Description: |
This book provides the first account of the rise of these most distinctive, widespread and powerful of social institutions in Georgian Britain: the British clubs and societies, thousands of which had swept the country by 1800. Looking at the complex mosaic of clubs and societies, ranging from freemasonry to bird-fancying, the author considers the reasons for their successful development, their export to America and the colonies, and examines their long term impact onBritish Society which continues up to the present day. |
| Synopsis: |
Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800, thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Recruiting widely from the urban affluent classes, mainly amongst men, they traditionally involved heavy drinking, feasting, singing, and gambling. They ranged from political, religious and scientific societies, artistic and literary clubs, to sporting societies, bee keeping, and birdfancying clubs, and a myriad of other associations. |
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16 halftones, 7 line drawings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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