New Social Spaces in the Eighteenth Century

I. Introduction: Wealth, Leisure, and Guilt

II. New Arenas of Socializing

A. London and ‘the Season’

B. Bath and the Provinces

C. Expanded Travel

1. At Home

2. On the Continent

III. Interior Spaces

A. Growth of the Theatre

B. The Circulating Library

C. Coffee Houses

IV. Public Houses/Alehouses

A. The Consumption of Beer

B. Challenge from Gin

C. Public Houses as Social Spaces

V. Conclusion: Sociability or Disorder?

Key Terms

Richard ‘Beau’ Nash

Drury Lane and Covent Garden

Brighton Pavilion

Grand Tour

coffee houses

public houses

Gin Acts

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