The Decline And Fall Of The British Aristocracy
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The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
Author | : David Cannadine |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1999-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0375703683 |
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"A brilliant, multifaceted chronicle of economic and social change." --The New York Times At the outset of the 1870s, the British aristocracy could rightly consider themselves the most fortunate people on earth: they held the lion's share of land, wealth, and power in the world's greatest empire. By the end of the 1930s they had lost not only a generation of sons in the First World War, but also much of their prosperity, prestige, and political significance. Deftly orchestrating an enormous array of documents and letters, facts, and statistics, David Cannadine shows how this shift came about--and how it was reinforced in the aftermath of the Second World War. Astonishingly learned, lucidly written, and sparkling with wit, The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy is a landmark study that dramatically changes our understanding of British social history.
Aspects of Aristocracy
Author | : David Cannadine,Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Historical Research David Cannadine |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300059817 |
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He reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozens-Hardys, a Norfolk family who played a remarkably varied part in the life of their county, and offers a controversial reappraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West - a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage.
Aristocrats
Author | : Lawrence James |
Publsiher | : Abacus |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2010-09-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780748125326 |
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For nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James also illuminates how the aristocracy's infatuation with classical art has forged our heritage, how its love of sport has shaped our pastimes and values - and how its scandals have entertained the public. Impeccably researched, balanced and brilliantly entertaining, ARISTOCRATS is an enthralling history of power, influence and an extraordinary knack for survival.
Marquess of Londonderry
Author | : N.C. Fleming |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 6000010435 |
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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Author | : Robert Briffault |
Publsiher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1258162792 |
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The British Aristocracy
Author | : Mark Bence-Jones,Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015029504951 |
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The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain
Author | : David Cannadine |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Social classes |
ISBN | : 0231096666 |
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In this wholly original and brilliantly argued book, the author shows that Britons have indeed been preoccupied with class, but in ways that are invariably ignorant and confused.
Ornamentalism
Author | : David Cannadine |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019515794X |
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Ornamentalism is a vividly evocative account of a vanished era, a major reassessment of Britain and its imperial past, and a trenchant and disturbing analysis of what it means to be a post-imperial nation today.