The decline and fall of the British aristocracy

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Author:

Cannadine, David, 1950-

ISBN:

9780375703683

Personal Author:

Cannadine, David, 1950-

Edition:

1st Vintage Books ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Vintage Books, 1999.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 813 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Contents:

1. Prologue: Presuppositions and Problems -- 2. The Embattled Elite -- 3. The Decline and Dispersal of Territorial Wealth -- 4. The Erosion of Local Control -- 5. The Eclipse of a Senatorial Order -- 6. The Demise of Patrician Professionals -- 7. The 'Corruption' of Public Life -- 8. The Dilution of Select Society -- 9. From Leisured Class to Labouring Aristocracy -- 10. Lost Causes and Disappointed Hopes -- 11. The Politics of Paranoia -- 12. The Reconstruction of Social Prestige -- 13. The Second World War -- 14. The End of the Affair -- 15. Epilogue: Perceptions and Perspectives -- App. A. The Greatest British Landowners, c. 1880 -- App. B. Patrician Members of British Cabinets, 1880-1980 -- App. C. Senior Posts in the Foreign and Diplomatic Services -- App. D. Titled Company Directors, 1896 and 1920 -- App. E. Patrician Mayors of British Towns, 1880-1945 -- App. F. Chancellors of British Universities, 1880-1945.

App. G. Viceroys of India and Governors-General of British Dominions -- App. H. Patterns of Estate Ownership, 1876-1976.

Subject Term:

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

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Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random047/99022542.html

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Summary

"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.