An Anglican Aristocracy: The Moral Economy of the Landed Estate in Carmarthenshire 1832-1895

by Matthew Cragoe

Overview

This account of nineteenth-century Carmarthenshire emphasizes the social and political dominance of the Anglican and landowning nobility and gentry for much of the period. Matthew Cragoe explores the nature and public roles of a governing élite, arguing that their influence was not simply a function of their members' wealth or their control of local government and the administration of the law, but had a vital ideological dimension in the aristocracy's paternalistic ethic, which found powerful and practical expression in the 'moral economy' of the landed estate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198205944
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/23/1996
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	9.02(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1680L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Hertfordshire

Editorial Reviews

"[The book] illuminates and qualifies the historical interpretation of Wales in general. This interesting and well-presented book will repay careful reading by all scholars interested in the development of the principality."—The Albion

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