Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History - From the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century. Over recent centuries England was increasingly occupied by landed estates run by locally dominant and nationally influential owners. Historically, newcomers adopted the behaviour of existing landowners, all of whom presided over a relatively impoverished mass of rural inhabitants. Preferences for privacy and fine views led landowners to demolish or remove some whole villages. Alongside extensive landscape remodelling, rights-of-way were often privatised, imposing a cost on the economy. Social and environmental implications of the landed system as a whole are discussed and particular attention is paid to the nineteenth-century investment of industrial profits in estates. Why was the system so attractive and how was it perpetuated? Matters of poverty and inequality have always been of perennial interest to scholars of many persuasions and to the educated public; with this important book surveying environmental concerns in addition.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Eric L Jones
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	129
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-74868-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-319-74868-8
Barcode:	9783319748689

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