Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… of an Associational World. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p.131. 2 . Murray Pittock, Enlightenment in a Smart City, Edinburgh’s Civic Development, 1660-1750 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019), p. 197. Gendered social … intellectual and scientific hub. Indeed, following the Union of 1707 and the end of the Scottish Parliament, the city gained the international status of a learned and polite society. The clubs and societies of Edinburgh, the former … improvement. Their number increased with economic growth and scientific improvements as well as the modernization of the city. The Edinburghers enhanced their standards of living through the rehabilitations of the old and overcrowded blocks …
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