Princelings, Privilege and Power--

Résumé du livre

Selected chapter titles: The emergence of a ruling class; Gentility, old and new gentry; Estates--their growth and devolution; Landed wealth; The administration of the landed estate; Landlord and tenant relationships; Incumbrances, indebtedness and decline; The Squire's home; The education of the Squire; Culture; Leisure; Gentry morals; The gentry, rural poverty and the education of the people; The gentry and religion; The 'governance' of the county; The gentry and national politics; Disaffection and protest; The gentry and the Welsh language.