The Leicestershire gentry and its social and cultural networks c. 1790-1875
The subject of this thesis is the gentry in the county of Leicestershire during a period of transition, from an age defined by the supremacy of the landed classes, to one which presaged the emergence of an urban, industrial democracy. The thesis examines changes in the character and identity of the...
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University of Leicester
2011
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