… perspectives. In the work of Jürgen Habermas, the streets are largely absent. They sit beyond the walls of the coffeehouses and salons, where the newspapers were read and discussed by groups of self-selecting and socially uniform …
… betting on major races and high-stakes matches grew over time, encouraged by the elite associability of London clubs , coffeehouses or betting houses like Tattersall’s Turf Tavern, and from late in the century, the emergence of professional …