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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… which favoured the creation of a new image for the British nation. 1 In a context of rivalry with France, the refinement of manners meant a degree of emancipation from the French model of politeness. 2 The desire to change social … of civic virtue. 18 They were convinced that Palladianism, with the simplicity of its lines, could contribute to the refinement of social behaviour and attempted to create ‘well-regulated’ places not simply as part of the health … This appears in Queen Square with its deceptive appearance of a single unit. Such an undertaking chimes in with the refinement of manners at work in the spa, since, as explained by Lawrence Klein, politeness had a ‘moral potential’ and …
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Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… Bath , 102) regardless of their rank, expected immediate emancipation from their customary routine and a degree of refinement of their manners. Yet they were immediately put under the firm guidance of the Master of Ceremonies and had to … attempts at spontaneity. The new type of sociability that they experienced in the spa, mixed-sex sociability, imposed refinement and theatricality in the Parades, the Assembly Rooms, the Pleasure Gardens, the coffee-houses, put a new …
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Saratoga Springs (as a North American iteration of spa sociability) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of the long eighteenth century ca. 1850, older Saratoga residents and patrons would mourn the loss of an earlier era of refinement and fine company that was brought to an end with the arrival of railroads and the nascent era of mass tourism. …
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