British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800
The Origins of an Associational World
Series: Oxford Studies in Social History;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 January 2000
- ISBN 9780198203766
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages534 pages
- Size 225x144x33 mm
- Weight 868 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16 halftones, 7 line drawings 0
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Short description:
This book provides the first account of the rise of these most distinctive, widespread and powerful of social institutions in Georgian Britain: the British clubs and societies, thousands of which had swept the country by 1800. Looking at the complex mosaic of clubs and societies, ranging from freemasonry to bird-fancying, the author considers the reasons for their successful development, their export to America and the colonies, and examines their long term impact on British Society which continues up to the present day.
MoreLong description:
Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800, thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Recruiting widely from the urban affluent classes, mainly amongst men, they traditionally involved heavy drinking, feasting, singing, and gambling. They ranged from political, religious and scientific societies, artistic and literary clubs, to sporting societies, bee keeping, and birdfancying clubs, and a myriad of other associations.
Much of the book is devoted to providing the first in-depth scholarly description of these avowedly urban institutions.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Emergence: to 1688
National Expansion: 1688-1760
An Associational World: 1760-1800
Engines of Growth
Membership
Organization
Regional and Ethnic Societies
Freemasons
Benefit Clubs
Overseas
Impact
Conclusion
