A sixpence at Whist : gaming and the English middle classes, 1680-1830 /

Enlightenment thinking - the drive for order, organisation and rationality was an underlying motive force in England's eighteenth century, influencing middle class thinking with regard to the running and improvement of business. In the same way, it shaped their choice of leisure activities. As...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullin, Janet E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2015.
Temas:
Games > England > History.
Games > Social aspects > England > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Games
Games > Social aspects
England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Middling work and play
  • 2. Family time
  • 3. Hospitable homes
  • 4. Crowded stages
  • 5. Morality issues
  • 6. Risk and the middling sort
  • 7. Miscreant sons and the middling sort.

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