London's pleasures from Restoration to Regency : two centuries of elegance and indulgence /

London's pleasures from Restoration to Regency : two centuries of elegance and indulgence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cameron, David Kerr.
Imprint:	Stroud : Sutton, 2001.
Description:	234 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Amusements -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. Amusements -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Recreation -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. Recreation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Amusements. Manners and customs. Recreation. London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. England -- London. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4532068

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ISBN:	0750924489

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
I. Introduction: a Return to Merriment
II. Moving in Fashionable Circles
III. Life in the Fast Set
IV. Gardens of Dalliance and Delight
V. Citadels of Wit and Wisdom
VI. The Palaces of Despair
VII. The Good, the Bad and the Risque
VIII. The Playhouse and the People
IX. Raw in Tooth and Claw
X. The Fun of the Hanging Fair
XI. Wonders of All the Wide World
XII. A Theatre in the Streets
XIII. The Sport of Gallants
XIV. A Return to Puritanism
Further Reading
Index