The Fall and Rise of the English Upper Class: Houses, Kinship and Capital Since 1945

by Daniel R. Smith

The fall and rise of the English upper class explores the role traditionalist worldviews, articulated by members of the historic upper-class, have played in British society in the shadow of her imperial and economic decline in the twentieth century. Situating these traditionalist visions alongside Britain's post-Brexit fantasies of global economic resurgence and a socio-cultural return to a green and pleasant land, Smith examines Britain's Establishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526157012
• ISBN13: 9781526157010
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"