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...

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Main Author:	Jenkins, Philip 1952- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1983
Subjects:	Geschichte 1700-1800 Geschichte 1600-1700 Geschichte 1640-1790 Geschichte 1640 Geschichte Wirtschaft Gentry / Wales / Glamorgan / History / 17th century Gentry / Wales / Glamorgan / History / 18th century Elite (Social sciences) / Wales / Glamorgan Adel Gentry Glamorgan (Wales) / Economic conditions Glamorgan (Wales) / Social conditions Großbritannien Glamorgan > County
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	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, a body distinguished by common attitudes, social outlook, living standards and educational patterns. The author provides a synthesis of social, economic and political changes in the years prior to industrialisation. Political changes are studied in detail, and the changing role of political parties and ideologies is examined. Then, after a comprehensive study of the activities and attitudes of the gentry, the book concludes by attempting to explain precisely why Britain should have led the world in the twin processes of industrialisation and modernisation
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 353 pages)
ISBN:	9780511470585
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511470585