Town and countryside
Subtitle: the English landowner in the national economy, 1660-1860
By: edited by C. W. Chalklin & J.R. Wordie.
Contributors: Chalklin, C. W.; Wordie, J. R.
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Published: 1989
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Landowners -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / J.R. Wordie; title: A country gentleman and his estates, c1720-68 / Janie Cottis; title: The purchase and management of Guy's Hospital estates, 1726-1806 / B.E.S. Trueman; title: A progressive landlord / E.A. Wasson; title: Estate development in Bristol, Birmingham, and Liverpool, 1660-1720 / C.W. Chalklin; title: Liverpool Corporation as landowners and dock builders, 1709-1835 / Jane Longmore; title: The development of the Crown and Corporation estates at Reading, 1828-60 / S.T. Blake; title: A Devon family and their estates / P.J. Keeley; title: Aristocrats and entrepreneurs in the Shropshire mining industry, 1748-1803 / J.R. Wordie.