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- Title
Land ownership and social change in late nineteenth-century Britain.
- Authors
Smith, Julia A.
- Abstract
The article explores the link between land ownership and social change in late nineteenth-century Britain. According to one study, basing on the proportion of businessmen who held wealth in the land, holders of "new wealth" were integrated with old. Unfortunately, the selection of businessmen is biased towards those of interest to business historians. A more objective study, where different, pre-defined groups were compared, allows a proper investigation of the role of the land and wealth in British social history. This study can be used to describe the rise of professional elites, including the managers of businesses and trained government bureaucrats.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; LAND tenure; SOCIAL change; SOCIAL history; BUSINESS; BUSINESSMEN; LANDOWNERS
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2000, Vol 53, Issue 4, p767
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-0289.00177