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Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… brought together by their passion for a particular sport – and sometimes by the gambling which this sport made possible. Coffeehouses and inns were popular places in the eighteenth century, and some sporting clubs started their lives in such … brought together by their passion for a particular sport – and sometimes by the gambling which this sport made possible. Coffeehouses and inns were popular places in the eighteenth century, and some sporting clubs started their lives in such …
Colonies | Gambling | Gaming | Horseracing | Rules | Sports
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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, coffeehouses and brothels. The patent theatres in Drury Lane and Covent Garden were patrician but also plebeian spaces. …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
Conflict | Conviviality | Gambling | Gentleman
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