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Behind closed doors : the secret life of London's private clubs / Seth Alexander Thévoz.
Van Pelt Library HS2865.L7 T44 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thévoz, Seth Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Private clubs--England--London--History.
- Private clubs.
- Private clubs--Political aspects--England--London.
- Private clubs--England--London--Influence.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 375 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Robinson, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Early beginnings - scandal, coffee and chocolate (1690-1774)
- ch. Two The Georgian clubs - the `aristocratic phase' and the arrival of the middle classes (1774-1820)
- ch. Three Women, and the rivals to clubs (1770-1865)
- ch. Four Reform or revolution? (1820-1860)
- ch. Five The rise and rise of the working men's clubs (1858-1920)
- ch. Six Clubonomics (1860-1900)
- ch. Seven Clubs and empires (1827-1913)
- ch. Eight Clubs and race (1850-1914)
- ch. Nine Women in clubs (1840-1920)
- ch. Ten Clubs, bisexuality and homosexuality (1830-1935)
- ch. Eleven The Great War and its shadow (1913-1939)
- ch. Twelve Clubs at war - the Second World War (1939-1945)
- ch. Thirteen Stagnation and seediness (1945-1960)
- ch. Fourteen The Satire Boom, and the 1960s (1960-1969)
- ch. Fifteen Asset strippers and confidence tricksters (1960-1980)
- ch. Sixteen The strange rebirth of Clubland (1985-2022).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781472146465
- 1472146468
- OCLC:
- 1328030320
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