Table of Contents
Elites and leisure: arenas of encounter in Europe, 1815-1914 Martin Kohlrausch Peter Heyrman Jan De Maeyer
An introduction 1
Changing elites - persistent arenas Jan-Hinnerk Antons
The seaside resort of Heiligendamm and its international dimension 19
How did the Russian elite discuss southern resort leisure during the fin de siècle Botakoz Kassymbekova
Nice or Crimea? 37
Leisure time or another field of the intelligentsia mission? Tomasz Pudtocki
Austrian Galician university professors and high school teachers on holiday at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries 57
Women's arenas of encounter Christa Spreizer
The London and Berlin Lyceum Clubs 79
Art market and art enjoyment Gabriele B. Clemens
Elitist designs and pretentious passions for collecting 99
Creating male elites in a Catholic context Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée
Leisure and practices of charity in 19th-century Paris 119
The cosmopolitan city as the city of horsemen Heinz Reif
The Union Klub Berlin from 1867 to 1914: a pioneer of elite change? 143
Italian aristocrats and their involvement in sports institutions, 1894-1914 Tito Forcellese 165
The Romanian Jockey Club and Conservative Club Cosmin-Stefan Dogaru
Places of leisure and sociability for the Romanian elites (1875-1914) 179
Index of persons 191
List of Authors 197
