Property and Politics 1870-1914: Landownership, Law, Ideology and Urban Development in England

by Avner Offer

Landed and urban property exercised a powerful influence on social policy, urban development and national party politics in Victorian and Edwardian England. This book presents an innovative study of the economic, legal and social foundations of the British State. It contains a history of the law of land transfer, estimates of landed property and landed debt, and descriptions of the urban property market and of the impact of taxation upon urban development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521129982
• ISBN13: 9780521129985
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"