Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D32438, circa 1838. Abstract This entry gives an overview of the clubs and societies of Edinburgh during the long eighteenth century. These indeed reflected the expectations of the Scottish society. This entry … of these clubs and societies with the upper-class society as well as with the intellectual and working circles of Edinburgh. In particular, it assesses their influence and impact on both the Scottish Enlightenment and the evolution of … & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords Britishness Enlightenment Highlands Scotland Eighteenth-ce ntury Edinburgh saw the creation of about 200 clubs and societies. 1 Up until the nineteenth century, they were all exclusively …
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