Title The pursuit of pleasure : gender, space & architecture in Regency London / Jane Rendell

Published London : Athlone Press ; [New Brunswick, N.J.] : [Rutgers University Press], ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations Contents List of figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Pursuit of Pleasure; Chapter 2: Life in London; Chapter 3: The Clubs of St James's -- Public Patriarchy; Chapter 4: Almack's Assembly Rooms -- Exchanging Property; Chapter 5: The Italian Opera House -- Exchanging Looks; Chapter 6: Life in and out of London; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary The Pursuit of Pleasure presents the figures of the rambler and the cyprian, the Eighteenth Century precursors to the Parisian flGneur and prostitute. The urban spaces traced by these figures were the clubs, sporting venues, operas, assembly rooms, street Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-243) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Architecture and women. Feminism and architecture. Space (Architecture) -- England -- London Architecture -- England -- London -- 19th century Women -- England -- London -- Social conditions Philosophy. ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning. Architecture Architecture and women Feminism and architecture Space (Architecture) Women -- Social conditions Openbare ruimte. Stedenbouw. Sekseverschillen. England -- London Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780567405364 0567405362 9781472545831 1472545834

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