"Inside Clubbing puts the spotlight on club culture - in all its sweaty, visceral and seductive glory. Moving from hip-hop clubs to fetish events and beyond, the author guides us through the expansive spectrum of the contemporary club experience." "Drawing on interviews with clu…
"Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era." "Providing the first account of the rise of this powerful and distinctive British social institution up to 1800, Peter Clark maps its penetration …
"Discos, clubs and raves have been focal points for the development of new and distinctive musical and cultural practices over the past four decades. This volume presents the rich array of scholarship that has sprung up in response. Cutting-edge perspectives from a broad range o…
The fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of a generation.
Girls clubs 1886 - 1939 -- Boys clubs 1896-1939 -- The Jewish Lads Brigade 1895 - 1939 -- Jewish scout and guide groups 1907-1939 -- The West Central Jewish Girls Club 1893-1939 -- The Oxford and St Georges Jewish Youth Club 1913-1939
Seniority-based hierarchy (jouge kankei) is omnipresent in Japanese group dynamics. How one comports, depends on one's status and position vis-à-vis others. To-date, no study shows what constitutes this hierarchy, where and when individuals growing up in Japan first come into co…
" ... ofrece una vívida reconstrucción de la historia de la sociabilidad en Francia entre 1810 y 1848, caracterizada por las reuniones de familias para conversar o jugar a las cartas, la asociación especializada de abogados, periodistas, políticos o escritores, las sociedades er…
Now in its tenth edition, this award-winning book is the definitive guide to eating, drinking and food shopping in Sydney.
This work presents a comprehensive examination of social clubs across South Asia. Often a target of intellectual scorn or literary ridicule, the author reorients attention towards the complex inner workings of club life, while at the same time arguing for clubs as key contributo…
