Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… were quickly concealed by his innovative action, which was decisive in transforming the place into a renowned spa, whose social life was imitated elsewhere in the kingdom, in particular in Tunbridge Wells or Scarborough. A more or less … to other spas in the kingdom. While it may have been gambling that first brought him to Bath , it was the opportunity of social mobility that kept him there. He discovered his penchant for management and his character was well suited to the … though concerned with social performance, was also an attribute of identity and a social virtue’. Nash’s diverse social network sheds a contrasting light on his personality, which remains open to interpretation. A ‘social symptom’ ( …
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