The Ambivalent Identity of Eighteenth-Century London Clubs as a Prelude to Victorian Clublife

From the late seventeenth century to Victorian times, gentlemen’s clubs have always oscillated between norm and dissidence. The ambivalent identity of London clubs can be highlighted through some of their main paradoxes and inherent tensions such as integration/exclusion or publicity/privacy. Some o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valérie Capdeville
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2015-06-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cve/1976