West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… could regulate entry to high society. Places > Cities Places > Institutions Keywords Aristocracy Consumption Clubs Elite Gambling Gender Opera ‘The West End of the Town‘ (as it was usually known in the long eighteenth century) generated … James's became an embryonic pleasure district, distinctive for locations that served the leisure and retail needs of the elite. This allowed the Mayfair-based aristocracy who shaped the area to define itself. Yet West End locations for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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