West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… End locations for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, coffeehouses and brothels. The patent theatres in Drury Lane and Covent Garden were patrician but also … West End became a place that shaped the public sphere through sites of discussion, encounter and the dissemination of print culture. 1 1 . Jurgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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