Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… The role played by clubs and societies in the formation of British and European social, intellectual and political networks In the context of the Auld Alliance and of the institutional Union of 1707, the influence of France was decisive … to several literary clubs. Multi-membership was the most efficient means to build or strengthen the members’ social networks. The clubs were all based in the Old Town until the turn of the nineteenth century. By this time, the New Town … institutions would come up with and promote new ideas. They would create efficient social, intellectual and political networks with the rest of Britain, Europe, America and the colonies in general. They would indeed correspond with each …
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