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The British Aristocracy and the Modern World: (272 Proceedings of the British Academy)

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In the thirty-five years since the publication of David Cannadine’s Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (1990) the power of Britain’s landed elite declined, but they remain far from extinct. One-third of Britain’s land still belongs to the aristocracy. Moreover, partly inspired by Cannadine’s book, we now know much more about the ways in which the aristocracy established their hold on modernity, and how they have lasted so long. Many key questions remain. How much was this a distinctively British story, to what extent were things different in Scotland, Wales and Ireland? Does ‘decline and fall’ accurately describe what happened to landed elites in other countries, particularly in western Europe, or amongst assimilated elites such as Jews? Was the ‘soft’ power of the aristocracy – their role in the arts, philanthropy and higher education – as significant as their political and economic sway? How dependent on the colonies, and also the USA, were the British aristocracy for their wealth in the first place, and how did their role overseas change their profile at home? This volume brings together a wide-ranging group of scholars to explore The Decline and Fall, developing its themes in new ways, and investigating other aspects for the first time.



Table of Contents:

Table of contents:

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Preface

  1. Introduction MILES TAYLOR

  2. The Scottish Aristocracy, Landownership and Land Reform, 1746-2022: Decline and Fall or Resistance and Resilience? ANNIE TINDLEY

  3. The Decline and Fall of the Anglo-Irish Aristocracy: The Role of the Irish Land Commission, 1881-1992 TERENCE DOOLEY

  4. Wales and the Country House: Reflections on Decline, Loss and Renewal
    SHAUN EVANS

  5. A Jewish Landed Interest ABIGAIL GREEN AND MARCUS ROBERTS

  6. Transatlantic Slavery, Landownership and Enclosure in England, 1738-1836 CORRINE FOWLER

  7. Decline and Fall German style. A Historiographical approach towards the Nobility EWALD FRIE AND DANIEL MENNING

  8. Anglo-American Marital Relations, 1870-1940
    KATHLEEN BURK

  9. The Decline and Fall of the Lady Bountiful? Adaptation, Empire and Philanthropy MARTHA GROPPO

  10. Is There Such Thing as an English Country House? STEPHANIE BARCZEWSKI

  11. Solving the Country House Problem after the Second World War
    BEN COWELL

  12. Indian Princes, Parliament and Presidential Power: the Concord of Princes (1967-71) ANGMA D. JHALA

  13. An Island Story: the Decline and Fall of a European Elite MAX EGREMONT

  14. A Working Leisured Class
    CHRISTOPHER RIDGWAY

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781836244745
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The British Academy
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 278
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1836244746
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 272 Proceedings of the British Academy


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