Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… they served as places for self-improvement for many men of limited formal education and provided forums for a broad part of the population, including women. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords … They promised ‘popular rational entertainment’ 2 ; if the two dimensions were probably often conjoined they could part ways: they provided political, diplomatic, and literary-cultural debates to those bent on self-improvement and/or … one later. Some institutions survived for a few nights or a few seasons; others were a fixture of city life and became part of the ‘sights of London’ that visitors wanted to see. The most famous institutions were in London: the Westminster …
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