West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… places where female aristocrats could regulate entry to high society. Places > Cities Places > Institutions Mots-clés Aristocracy Consumption Clubs Elite Gambling Gender Opera ‘The West End of the Town‘ (as it was usually known in the long … distinctive for locations that served the leisure and retail needs of the elite. This allowed the Mayfair-based aristocracy who shaped the area to define itself. Yet West End locations for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous … Golden Age (London: Allen Lane, 2013), p. 179. The West End was paradoxical. It proclaimed the values of monarchy and aristocracy. Thus, even during the Civil War and Interregnum, John Holden's bookshop on the Strand featured works by …
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