… of amusement and gentility amidst ‘Grecian’ or a type of Palladian surroundings, best associated in the cultural associations of British colonists and later, young Americans, with Bath. 3 . For a discussion of the perspectives of … and Putnam’s Union Hotel. Saratoga won that rivalry, in no small part due to troubles with the springs in Ballston. The association with Bath remained strong. In 1805, Elkanah Watson observed in his journal that ‘Saratoga is proving a …
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… something newʼ (al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris , 259). al-Tahtāwī examined and classified the various French cultural associations: akadima (académie), majma‘ (société), majlis (conseil), institūt (institut), kūlayj (collèges), …
… in each city along with accompanying anecdotes of high-spirited or boorish behaviour. Nevertheless, even this informal associational homosociability had its value. Jason M. Kelly describes such activities as a ‘laboratory for social …