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The decline and fall of the British aristocracy

Cannadine, David, 1950-

Year: 1990.

Publisher: Yale University Press.

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Frontmatter

PREFACE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

A NOTE ON SOURCES

1 PROLOGUE: PRESUPPOSITIONS AND PROBLEMS

PART ONE: INTIMATIONS OF MORTALITY

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

PART TWO: THE LIGHT OF COMMON DAY

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

APPENDICES

Appendix A: The Greatest British Landowners, c.1880

Appendix B: Patrician Members of British Cabinets, 1880-1980

Appendix C: Senior Posts in the Foreign and Diplomatic Services

Appendix D: Titled Company Directors, 1896 and 1920

Appendix E: Patrician Mayors of British Towns, 1880-1945

Appendix F: Chancellors of British Universities, 1880-1945

Appendix G: Viceroys of India and Governors-General of British Dominions

Appendix H: Patterns of Estate Ownership, 1876-1976

NOTES

INDEX

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Title:

The decline and fall of the British aristocracy : David Cannadine.

Author:

Cannadine, David, 1950-

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The decline and fall of the British aristocracy : David Cannadine.
Cannadine, David, 1950-
New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1990.

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• Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

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