… Riots – created a plebeian veto on unpopular initiatives, that was again played out on the street between the rich, the middlingsort and working people. 13 And perhaps most obviously, in prostitution, the street formed the locus of negotiation and …
… By the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was clear that the West End was increasingly being populated by the middlingsort who found their way into the attractions provided by the area. In the years after 1850, the West End became less a …