Making of a Ruling Class - The Glamorgan Gentry 1640-1790

Zusammenfassung This study provides an extensive survey of the economic activities of the gentry! their role as entrepreneurs and as popularisers of the metropolitan culture of Georgian London. It describes how during the eighteenth century! local elites from remote corners of Britain were amalgamated into one new ruling class. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps and tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; General introduction; Part I. Social and Economic Structure: Introduction; 1. Land and people; 2. The gentry; 3. Economic development; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Local and National Politics: Introduction; 4. Law and order; 5. Political history 1640-1688: the heroic age; 6. Political history 1688-1790: the new order; Conclusion to Part II; Part III. Society and Culture: Introduction; 7. The idea of a gentleman; 8. Education and culture; 9. The spread of metropolitan standards; Conclusion to Part III: 'conspicuous antiquity'; Aftermath: towards the Victorian world; Conclusion: from Civil War to Industrial Revolution; Appendices; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: Philip Jenkins, Jenkins Philip
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521521949
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52194-9
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, South Wales, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800