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Zusatztext Michael Thompson's 1994 Ford Lectures, now published as Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture, will delight business historians. It is a measured distillation of half a century's distinguished research and writing on British landed society and social history. No historian better understands the world and workings of the landed classes in the last 200 years. Klappentext In this book F. M. L. Thompson, with his typical blend of elegance and erudition, makes an incisive contribution to the longstanding debate over gentrification and entrepreneurialism in Britain. Professor Thompson provides an expert analysis of the links between economic performance and the penetration of industrial wealth into landed society. Zusammenfassung In this book F. M. L. Thompson, with his typical blend of elegance and erudition, makes an incisive contribution to the longstanding debate over gentrification and entrepreneurialism in Britain. Professor Thompson provides an expert analysis of the links between economic performance and the penetration of industrial wealth into landed society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Posing the Problem 2: Aristocrats as Entrepreneurs 3: Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats 4: Entrepreneurial Culture and the Culture of Entrepreneurs 5: Consumption, Culture, and the 'Unenterprising' Businessman 6: Gentlemanly Values, Education, and the Industrial Spirit 7: Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Cultural Explanations of Economic Performance Appendices Index
