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The decline and fall of the British aristocracy
David Cannadine
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Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page xi)
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xv)
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A NOTE ON SOURCES (page xvi)
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1 PROLOGUE: PRESUPPOSITIONS AND PROBLEMS (page 1)
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PART ONE: INTIMATIONS OF MORTALITY
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2 THE EMBATTLED ELITE (page 35)
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3 THE DECLINE AND DISPERSAL OF TERRITORIAL WEALTH (page 88)
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4 THE EROSION OF LOCAL CONTROL (page 139)
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5 THE ECLIPSE OF A SENATORIAL ORDER (page 182)
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6 THE DEMISE OF PATRICIAN PROFESSIONALS (page 236)
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7 THE 'CORRUPTION' OF PUBLIC LIFE (page 297)
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8 THE DILUTION OF SELECT SOCIETY (page 341)
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PART TWO: THE LIGHT OF COMMON DAY
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9 FROM LEISURED CLASS TO LABOURING ARISTOCRACY (page 391)
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10 LOST CAUSES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES (page 445)
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11 THE POLITICS OF PARANOIA (page 500)
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12 THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL PRESTIGE (page 557)
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13 THE SECOND WORLD WAR (page 606)
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14 THE END OF THE AFFAIR (page 637)
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15 EPILOGUE: PERCEPTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES (page 697)
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APPENDICES
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Appendix A: The Greatest British Landowners, c.1880 (page 710 )
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Appendix B: Patrician Members of British Cabinets, 1880-1980 (page 711)
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Appendix C: Senior Posts in the Foreign and Diplomatic Services (page 712)
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Appendix D: Titled Company Directors, 1896 and 1920
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Appendix E: Patrician Mayors of British Towns, 1880-1945
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Appendix F: Chancellors of British Universities, 1880-1945 (page 720)
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Appendix G: Viceroys of India and Governors-General of British Dominions
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Appendix H: Patterns of Estate Ownership, 1876-1976 (page 725)
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NOTES (page 727)
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INDEX (page 794)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JMH | 64.2 (Jun. 1992): 393-397 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28199206%2964%3A2%3C393%3ATDAFOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O |
HJ | 35.1 (Mar. 1992): 246-247 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-246X%28199203%2935%3A1%3C246%3ATDAFOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
AHR | 97.1 (Feb. 1992): 205-206 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199202%2997%3A1%3C205%3ATDAFOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H |
ENHR | 107.422 (Jan. 1992): 154-155 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28199201%29107%3A422%3C154%3ATDAFOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 |
JBRS | 30.4 (Oct. 1991): 466-469 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9371%28199110%2930%3A4%3C466%3AMSPDCA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |
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Published: 1990
Publisher: Yale University Press
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