West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… was shaped by the provision of alcohol and drinking. Hence masculine society high and low was based around the tavern, generating a sociability based around song and obscenity. Wealthier men also met in coffee houses. The best known … caused the Quality to move out. The Fleet Street end of the Strand, for example, was overrun with coffee shops, taverns, chop houses and prostitutes. This was a distinctly urban popular culture shaped by an appreciation of lewdness. …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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