Vauxhall on the boulevard: pleasure gardens in London and Paris, 1764–1784
Vauxhall on the boulevard: pleasure gardens in London and Paris, 1764–1784
Open to both aristocracy and middling rank, pleasure gardens fashioned a spectacle of order out of a heterogeneous crowd. They have been seen as uniquely British spaces, demonstrating how Britain juggled commerce, politeness and liberty. Yet these resorts had imitators abroad, especially in Paris. Far from being a case of Paris emulating London, they created a playful fantasy that shuttled visitors between the two cities – helping them imagine the ideal metropolis, polite yet policed.
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Conlin, Jonathan
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May 2008
Conlin, Jonathan
3ab58a7d-d74b-48d9-99db-1ba2f3aada40
Conlin, Jonathan
(2008)
Vauxhall on the boulevard: pleasure gardens in London and Paris, 1764–1784.
Urban History, 35 (1), .
(doi:10.1017/S0963926807005160).
Abstract
Open to both aristocracy and middling rank, pleasure gardens fashioned a spectacle of order out of a heterogeneous crowd. They have been seen as uniquely British spaces, demonstrating how Britain juggled commerce, politeness and liberty. Yet these resorts had imitators abroad, especially in Paris. Far from being a case of Paris emulating London, they created a playful fantasy that shuttled visitors between the two cities – helping them imagine the ideal metropolis, polite yet policed.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 27 February 2008
Published date: May 2008
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Research article. This article emerged from a paper delivered at the symposium ‘Paris–London, Londres–Paris’, held in January 2006 at the Institute for Historical Research's Centre for Metropolitan History.
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/79881
ISSN: 0963-9268
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