Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… were quickly concealed by his innovative action, which was decisive in transforming the place into a renowned spa, whose social life was imitated elsewhere in the kingdom, in particular in Tunbridge Wells or Scarborough. A more or less … to other spas in the kingdom. While it may have been gambling that first brought him to Bath, it was the opportunity of social mobility that kept him there. He discovered his penchant for management and his character was well suited to the … though concerned with social performance, was also an attribute of identity and a social virtue’. Nash’s diverse social network sheds a contrasting light on his personality, which remains open to interpretation. A ‘social symptom’ ( …
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