The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… United States Gazette (Philadelphia), Dec. 12, 1798, America’s Historical Newspapers database. Abstract The upper class of Philadelphia—a political, economic, and cultural center in eighteenth-century British North America—followed … Rules governing all aspects of participation, including the dancing itself, sustained the Assembly’s role in determining class status and creating social ties among colonial and early-national social elites. Places > Sports & Leisure Keywords Assemblies Advertisement Dance North America For many in British North America’s upper and aspiring classes during the eighteenth century, the English social world was the model for refined behavior. 1 It should be noted …
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