An Open Elite? by Lawrence Stone
Covering a period of three and a half centuries between two great upheavals in landed society--the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Agricultural Depression--this highly-acclaimed study examines the traditional view that for centuries English landed society has been open to infiltration by families made newly rich through trade, office, or the professions. The Stones focus on the landed elite of Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and the Northumberland counties, combining case histories and examples with in-depth research to test the historical validity of one of the most cherished beliefs about English society, economics, and politics. For this abridged edition, the authors have retained the essential contents of the original hardcover while omitting the supporting scholarly aparatus.
Stone, Lawrence: - Lawrence Stone was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a lecturer at University College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1950, and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1963. Since 1963 be has been Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, also at Princeton, since 1969. Professor Stone has contributed numerous articles to learned journals and periodicals. His published works include The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642, Crisis of the Aristocracy, 1558-1641, and (editor) Schooling and Society. He is also author of Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages, published in The Pelican History of Art series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192851499 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192851497 |
| Title | An Open Elite? |
| Author | Lawrence Stone |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1986-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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