| An Anglican Aristocracy: The Moral Economy of the Landed Estate in Carmarthenshire 1832-1895 Contributor(s): Cragoe, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198205945 ISBN-13: 9780198205944 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: This lively contribution to a major reassessment of nineteenth-century Wales challenges the widely-held Welsh historiography in which the contribution of the landed classes is marginalized in favour of the success of radical liberalism and nonconformity. 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 elite, 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 305.520 |
| LCCN: 95030138 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.5" W x 9.02" (1.17 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |