Anne Wohlcke: 1 book
The 'perpetual fair'
Gender, disorder, and urban amusement in eighteenth-century London
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Each summer, a 'perpetual fair' plagued eighteenth-century London, a city in transition overrun by a burgeoning population. City officials attempted to control disorderly urban amusement according to their own gendered understandings of order and morality. Frequently derided as locations of dangerous...
