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This thesis argues that clubs and associations provided a major arena for masculine social life in the period from 1800 to 1914. Using a range of sources from life writings and administrative records to photographs, drawings and buildings, the thesis presents a detailed picture …

Modern freemasonry emerged in Britain during the eighteenth century, combining earlier stonemason customs and methods of organization with the popular passion for clubs and societies. Although by no means unique in its ideology and constitution, freemasonry established itself af…

The Little Theatre Movement, an amateur grass-roots theatre movement, in Canadahas often been regarded by historians as a “stepping-stone” in the greater culturalnationalist theatre history. As a result, women’s roles in this amateur theatre have eitherbeen ignored by scholars o…

The success of stokvels is driven by a purpose which is beyond money. Purposes differ but the crucial element is that they exist to assist the members to improve their lives. Stokvels play a diverse social, economic and traditional role in black communities. They, in so far as a…