Saratoga Springs (as a North American iteration of spa sociability) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… be suspended, at least in part. A form of interaction grew up in which those social norms might be bent, although not expressly broken, allowing for a social scene in which to see and be seen was key, seeking out relationships and … The Forgotten Mineral Spring Resorts of New Jersey and nearby Pennsylvania and Delaware (Trenton, NJ: The Past Times Press, 1961); Carol Sheils Roark, ‘Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa’, Pennsylvania Folklife … and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Minneapolis MN and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2010). Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs both had their origins in the 1790s, taking advantage of water transit …
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