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British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800 - The Origins of an Associational World (Paperback)
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British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800 - The Origins of an Associational World (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Studies in Social History
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Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only
one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era
which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800,
thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Recruiting
widely from the urban affluent classes, mainly amongst men, they
traditionally involved heavy drinking, feasting, singing, and
gambling. They ranged from political, religious, and scientific
societies, artistic and literary clubs, to sporting societies,
bee-keeping and bird-fancying clubs, and a myriad of other
associations. Providing the first account of the rise of this most
powerful and distinctive British social institution up to 1800,
Peter Clark maps its penetration of the English-speaking world as
it came to be exported to the Empire and across to North America.
The wider economic, social, and political forces are discussed to
show how they contributed to the development and growth of these
clubs and societies, leading them to assume quasi-governmental
functions, thereby playing a crucial role which affected relations
between state, locality, and the citizen. A final chapter questions
current views about voluntarism and the making of civil society,
bringing the debate up to the present day.
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