LEADER 04301nam 22007452 450 001 9910784441503321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-107-14776-X 010 $a1-280-47781-4 010 $a0-511-19521-4 010 $a0-511-19587-7 010 $a0-511-19380-7 010 $a0-511-31423-X 010 $a0-511-49575-7 010 $a0-511-19454-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000353307 035 $a(EBL)259884 035 $a(OCoLC)173610024 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261400 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261400 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10257664 035 $a(PQKB)10110035 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511495755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC259884 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL259884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10130402 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47781 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000353307 100 $a20090306d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTransforming English rural society $ethe Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 /$fJohn Broad$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;$v40 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-04198-8 311 $a0-521-82933-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 280-289) and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- Part I. Re-establishing a Gentry Family 1600-57 -- 2. A gentry family in county and court society 1603-57 -- 3. The civil war and interregnum 1642-57 -- 4. The creation of an enclosed estate 1600-57 -- Part II. The Shaping of Family and Village 1657-1736 : 5. Land, business and dynastic advance 1657-1736 -- 6. The making of a modern landed estate -- 7. Power in the community -- the making of an estate village 1660-1740 -- Part III. The Great Estate and Estate Communities c. 1700-1820: 8. The rise and fall of Verney fortunes in the 18th century 1736-1820 -- 9. Transforming the Claydons in the eighteenth century -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix. 330 $aBetween 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the family's rise to wealth impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of 'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social and economic history. 410 0$aCambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;$v40. 606 $aAdministration of estates$zEngland$zBuckinghamshire$xHistory 606 $aGentry$zEngland$zBuckinghamshire$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yGeorge III, 1760-1820$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yStuarts, 1603-1714$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century$vBiography 607 $aBuckinghamshire (England)$xSocial conditions 607 $aBuckinghamshire (England)$xRural conditions 607 $aBuckinghamshire (England)$vBiography 607 $aBuckinghamshire (England)$xHistory 615 0$aAdministration of estates$xHistory. 615 0$aGentry$xHistory. 676 $a942.5/9 700 $aBroad$b John$f1945-$01313081 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784441503321 996 $aTransforming English rural society$93675862 997 $aUNINA