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This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(1826-1902). Dufferin was a landowner in Ulster, an urbane
diplomat, literary sensation, courtier, politician, colonial
governor, collector, son, husband and father. The book draws on
episodes from Dufferin's career to link the landowning and
aristocratic culture he was born into with his experience of
governing across the British Empire, in Canada, Egypt, Syria and
India. This book argues that there was a defined conception of
aristocratic governance and purpose that infused the political and
imperial world, and was based on two elements: the inheritance and
management of a landed estate, and a well-defined sense of 'rule by
the best'. It identifies a particular kind of atmosphere of empire
and aristocracy, one that was riven with tensions and angst, as
those who saw themselves as the hereditary leaders of Britain and
Ireland were challenged by a rising democracy and, in Ireland, by a
powerful new definition of what Irishness was. It offers a new
perspective on both empire and aristocracy in the nineteenth
century, and will appeal to a broad scholarly audience and the
wider public.
This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(1826-1902). Dufferin was a landowner in Ulster, an urbane
diplomat, literary sensation, courtier, politician, colonial
governor, collector, son, husband and father. The book draws on
episodes from Dufferin's career to link the landowning and
aristocratic culture he was born into with his experience of
governing across the British Empire, in Canada, Egypt, Syria and
India. This book argues that there was a defined conception of
aristocratic governance and purpose that infused the political and
imperial world, and was based on two elements: the inheritance and
management of a landed estate, and a well-defined sense of 'rule by
the best'. It identifies a particular kind of atmosphere of empire
and aristocracy, one that was riven with tensions and angst, as
those who saw themselves as the hereditary leaders of Britain and
Ireland were challenged by a rising democracy and, in Ireland, by a
powerful new definition of what Irishness was. It offers a new
perspective on both empire and aristocracy in the nineteenth
century, and will appeal to a broad scholarly audience and the
wider public.
Presents a comparative analysis of land issues and impact of reform
across the British and Irish Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and Wales
A comparative and transnational approach to land issues across
Britain and Ireland, with a particular emphasis on the experience
and impact of reform in Ireland, Scotland and Wales Draws together
a host of valuable new case studies and novel perspectives which
will provide a framework and inspiration for future work in this
area Key themes and issues discussed in the chapters include estate
management and relationships between landowner and tenant; land
reform agendas; legislative programmes and their impacts; landowner
perspectives; and comparisons and contrasts between the experience
of reform in the UK This book interrogates land issues and reform
across the British and Irish Isles from c.1800 to 2021, with a
particular focus on the period c.1830s c.1940s. It builds on a rich
body of work employing comparative approaches towards the 'Land
Question' and the history of landed estates, drawing together fresh
and original case studies which contextualise the historiographies
of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. The contributors draw out
similarities but also highlight the distinctive nature of land
issues and reform programmes across the four nations of the British
and Irish Isles.
This book interrogates land issues and reform across the British
and Irish Isles from c.1800 to 2021, with a particular focus on the
period c.1830s-c.1940s. It builds on a rich body of work employing
comparative approaches towards the 'Land Question' and the history
of landed estates, drawing together fresh and original case studies
which contextualise the historiographies of Ireland, England,
Scotland and Wales. The contributors draw out similarities but also
highlight the distinctive nature of land issues and reform
programmes across the four nations of the British and Irish Isles.
This book brings together leading researchers of British and Irish
rural history to consider the role of the land agent, or estate
manager, in the modern period. Land agents were an influential and
powerful cadre of men, who managed both the day-to-day running and
the overall policy direction of landed estates. As such, they
occupy a controversial place in academic historiography as well as
popular memory in rural Britain and Ireland. Reviled in social
history narratives and fictional accounts, the land agent was one
of the most powerful tools in the armoury of the British and Irish
landed classes and their territorial, political and social
dominance. By unpacking the nature and processes of their power,
The Land Agent explores who these men were and what was the wider
significance of their roles, thus uncovering a neglected history of
British rural society.
This interdisciplinary analysis of Scotland's perennial political
hot potato - the Scottish land question - follows the latest
legislative development, The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
Bringing together leading academics and professional experts
working in law, history and policy, Land Reform in Scotland delves
into issues from the early modern period to present day. Individual
chapters discuss some areas such as property theory and human
rights which have been under-studied in relation to land reform.
This book brings together leading historians and writers on British
and Irish rural history, to consider the role of the land agent, or
estate manager, from c. 1700 to 1920. Land agents were an
influential and powerful cadre of men, who managed both the day to
day running and the overall policy direction of landed estates; as
such, they occupy a controversial place in both academic
historiography and popular memory in rural Britain and Ireland. But
who were these men? It is this question the book seeks to unpack,
re-framing the academic field, uncovering a neglected history and
making a significant contribution to the historiography of rural
Britain and the empire.
This interdisciplinary analysis of Scotland's perennial political
hot potato - the Scottish land question - follows the latest
legislative development, The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
Bringing together leading academics and professional experts
working in law, history and policy, Land Reform in Scotland delves
into issues from the early modern period to present day. Individual
chapters discuss some areas such as property theory and human
rights which have been under-studied in relation to land reform.
This book is an innovative, interdisciplinary study of the nature
of design as a form of communication within and across Britain and
its empire in the long nineteenth century. In this period, Britain
had developed from the world's first industrial nation into the
'Workshop of the World' but how were technological innovations
translated and communicated across the imperial territories? How
were designs turned into reality? This book explores these themes,
incorporating archival case study technologies such as trains,
sugar manufacture and agricultural technologies. Using a four-part
framework we firstly examine the identification of innovation
opportunities and how these translated to engineering
specifications. The realization of conceptual designs through
collaboration and their subsequent manufacture and distribution as
finished products are then reviewed. Using the authors' expertise
in the fields of historical and design engineering, this study
contributes real-world case studies to design theory.
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