Financing the Landed Estate: Power, Politics and People on the Marquis of Anglesey's Estate, 1812-1854

By Carol Beardmore

Book Overview

Unravels the financial story of the Marquis of Anglesey's estates in Dorset and SomersetCreates an understanding of the complexities of estate finances and administration and explores the role of the estate managerExamines the ways in which the estate sought to impose social control through the spending of monies on items such as education, paying voting incentives and the negotiating of rental agreementsExplores how the estate formed part of an economy of expedience through the setting up of local industries, charitable payments to the poor, food, clothing and coal allowances

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030145514
• ISBN13: 9783030145514
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"