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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mullin, Janet E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Games > England > History.
Games > Social aspects > England > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Games
Games > Social aspects
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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