This history traces the role, identity, function and significance of the English aristocracy from the Restoration to World War I. The book answers one of the most intriguing historical questions of modern times - how was it possible for a landed aristocracy with a rural power base to maintain its political and social position in the first industrialized nation? This new edition contains a full, up-to-date bibliography.
- ISBN10 0631133917
- ISBN13 9780631133919
- Publish Date 25 September 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishers
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 528
- Language English