The Abominable Clubman
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The Abominable Clubman
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Author : Thomas Girtin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The Abominable Clubman written by Thomas Girtin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Clubs categories.
Behind Closed Doors
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Author : Seth Alexander Thévoz
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-07-28
Behind Closed Doors written by Seth Alexander Thévoz and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with History categories.
With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond. This is a chronicle, as informative as it is entertaining, of the ups and downs of London clubland, and how it had an impact on parts of the world far from London. It is packed with amusing anecdotes and illustrative examples of the growth of this quirky, unique institution, which grew to spread around the world. London, though, with its four hundred clubs, was always at its heart. Thévoz reveals how everything we might have thought we knew about these clubs is wrong. They may have started out as white, male, aristocratic watering holes - but that's only part of the story. All sections of society built their own clubs and lived their lives there: highbrow and lowbrow; women and men; working-class, middle-class and upper-class; international and British. The club has been central to a distinctively British form of leisure over more than three centuries. Behind Closed Doors is a distillation of a decade of research and writing on London clubs, based on exclusive behind-the-scenes access to archives and proceedings, as well as a love of gossip and scandal.
Palaces Of Power
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Author : Stephen Hoare
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2019-08-05
Palaces Of Power written by Stephen Hoare and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-05 with History categories.
The core of what we call St James's dates from the late seventeenth century, when large estates were leased by the Crown to the landed gentry after the Restoration in 1660. St James's clubs, coffee houses and institutions have been shaped by enterprise, political conflict, and Britain's emerging role as an Imperial power. This is the historic heart of London's Clubland. Over 300 years, Clubland has extended its reach to encompass Piccadilly, Mayfair, Bond Street, Covent Garden and Westminster. Ever discreet, the clubs do not draw attention to themselves, though their members are often highly influential individuals who are leaders in politics, the law, the media and much more. Palaces of Power charts the evolution of London's Clubland, St James's, exploring the social and cultural history of the city's most prestigious district, and studying the tensions between the world of privilege and an emerging public realm over the last three centuries.
The Economics Of The British Stage 1800 1914
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Author : Tracy C. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-21
The Economics Of The British Stage 1800 1914 written by Tracy C. Davis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-21 with Drama categories.
A comprehensive study of economic theory in relation to the development of nineteenth-century British theatre.
Club Government
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Author : Seth Alexander Thevoz
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-30
Club Government written by Seth Alexander Thevoz and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-30 with History categories.
The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized. Despite `Club Government' being referenced in most major political histories of the period, it is a topic which has never before enjoyed a full-length study. Making use of previously-sealed club archives, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques, this work of political history, social history, sociology and quantitative approaches to history seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel ways in which British political culture evolved in this period. The book concludes that historians have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on `high politics' in Westminster, and though the reputation of clubs for intervening in elections was exaggerated, the culture and secrecy involved in gentleman's clubs had a huge impact on Britain and the British Empire.
Women Clubs And Associations In Britain
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Author : David Doughan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-01-24
Women Clubs And Associations In Britain written by David Doughan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-24 with Education categories.
Women have been consistently excluded from all manner of clubs and associations over the years, whether as the direct result of an anti-woman policy or indirectly through prohibitive entry requirements, social constraints, or conflict of interests and tastes. Retaliation from women has taken two directions: some women have set up their own exclusive clubs that reflect their own interests and aims, while others have taken on the men and striven to break down resistance to their joining ‘men’s’ clubs on an equal footing. This book traces the development of the current situation, drawing from a wide range of sources, some of which have never been published before. Looking at the different types of clubs and associations that include women and girls from the WI to the Girl Guides, this book is a rich social history full of fascinating observations and stories, and will be absorbing reading for anyone interested in sociology, women’s history or the transformation of Britain’s social life.
Archibald Liversidge Frs
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Author : Roy M. MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Release Date : 2009
Archibald Liversidge Frs written by Roy M. MacLeod and has been published by Sydney University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Archibald Liversidge first arrived at Sydney University in 1872 as reader in Geology and Assistant in the Laboratory he had about ten students and two rooms in the main building. In 1874 he became professor of geology and mineralogy and by 1879 he had persuaded the senate to open a faculty of science. He became its first dean in 1882. In 1880 he visited Europe as a trustee of the Australian Museum and his report helped to establish the Industrial, Technological and Sanitary Museum which formed the basis of the present Powerhouse Museum's collection. Liversidge also played a major role in the setting up of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science which held its first congress in 1888. For anyone interested in Archibald Liversidge, his contribution to crystallography, mineral chemistry, chemical geology, strategic minerals policy and a wider field of colonial science.
General Catalogue Of Printed Books
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
General Catalogue Of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with English imprints categories.
A Room Of His Own
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Author : Barbara Black
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-27
A Room Of His Own written by Barbara Black and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
In nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen’s clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as “clubland” in Victorian London—the City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs. Why were these associations for men only such a powerful emergent institution in nineteenth-century London? Distinctly British, how did these single-sex clubs help fashion men, foster a culture of manliness, and assist in the project of nation building? What can elite male affiliative culture tell us about nineteenth-century Britishness? A Room of His Own sheds light on the mysterious ways of male associational culture as it examines such topics as fraternity, sophistication, nostalgia, social capital, celebrity, gossip, and male professionalism. The story of clubland (and the literature it generated) begins with Britain’s military heroes home from the Napoleonic campaign and quickly turns to Dickens’s and Thackeray’s acrimonious Garrick Club Affair. It takes us to Richard Burton’s curious Cannibal Club and Winston Churchill’s The Other Club; it goes underground to consider Uranian desire and Oscar Wilde’s clubbing and resurfaces to examine the problematics of belonging in Trollope’s novels. The trespass of French socialist Flora Tristan, who cross-dressed her way into the clubs of Pall Mall, provides a brief interlude. London’s clubland—this all-important room of his own—comes to life as Barbara Black explores the literary representations of clubland and the important social and cultural work that this urban site enacts. Our present-day culture of connectivity owes much to nineteenth-century sociability and Victorian networks; clubland reveals to us our own enduring desire to belong, to construct imagined communities, and to affiliate with like-minded comrades.
Reformed Characters
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Author : Russell Burlingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Reformed Characters written by Russell Burlingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
Everyone knows the Reform Club as the scene of the wager that the world could be circumnavigated In Eighty Days as described in Jules Verne's novel; and countless Londoners and tourists have stood outside the Pall Mall facade of Barry's Grade I listed masterpiece wondering what goes on inside. In a new approach to the arcane world of 'Clubland', this book endeavours to conduct readers on a journey into the real Pall Mall landscape. This is neither conventional narrative history nor a mere tally of anecdotes. Instead, it tells the story of the Club's development through the eyes of its most celebrated occupants. Founded in 1836 as the 'Central Office' of the Liberal party, the Reform existed for less than eighty years as a strictly political club, but whilst it did, it was the centre of Liberal and coalition government making and breaking. This book has chapters on the Liberal Prime Ministers, such as Palmerston, Asquith and Lloyd George ..."