Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… also provided important print venues for publicizing the ideas discussed and proclamations made at convivial meetings. Newspaper advertisements would announce meetings before they happened, commonly listing the name of the organization … a list of stewards. At particularly contentious meetings these announcements alone were sufficient to generate extensive newspaper commentary in advance of a meeting. 8 After the meeting newspapers provided extensive reports of what had happened at meetings, including brief summaries of speeches, a list of …
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