{"product_id":"the-making-of-a-ruling-class-the-glamorgan-gentry-1640-1790-paperback-9780521521949","title":"The Making of a Ruling Class; The Glamorgan Gentry 1640–1790 (Paperback) 9780521521949","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Making of a Ruling Class\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Glamorgan Gentry 1640–1790\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the formation of a new ruling class in the years prior to British industrialisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Jenkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521521949, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm, 0.612 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis study provides an extensive survey of the economic activities of the gentry, their role as entrepreneurs and as popularisers of the metropolitan culture of Georgian London. It describes how during the eighteenth century, local elites from remote corners of Britain were amalgamated into one new ruling class, a body distinguished by common attitudes, social outlook, living standards and educational patterns. The author provides a synthesis of social, economic and political changes in the years prior to industrialisation. Political changes are studied in detail, and the changing role of political parties and ideologies is examined. Then, after a comprehensive study of the activities and attitudes of the gentry, the book concludes by attempting to explain precisely why Britain should have led the world in the twin processes of industrialisation and modernisation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps and tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e General introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Social and Economic Structure: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Land and people\u003cbr\u003e 2. The gentry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Economic development\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to Part I\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Local and National Politics: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Law and order\u003cbr\u003e 5. Political history 1640–1688: the heroic age\u003cbr\u003e 6. Political history 1688–1790: the new order\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to Part II\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Society and Culture: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 7. The idea of a gentleman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Education and culture\u003cbr\u003e 9. The spread of metropolitan standards\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to Part III: 'conspicuous antiquity'\u003cbr\u003e Aftermath: towards the Victorian world\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: from Civil War to Industrial Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912981045528,"sku":"9780521521949","price":43.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521521949i_fa7e885e-1ded-4a99-9db9-dbac5342438a.jpg?v=1691383622","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-making-of-a-ruling-class-the-glamorgan-gentry-1640-1790-paperback-9780521521949","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}