Transforming English Rural Society

by John Broad

Book Overview

John Broad explores the rise and fall of the Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, demonstrating the family's rise to wealth as motivated by a strong dynastic imperative. He reveals how the family managed its estates to maximize income and used its wealth to transform the Claydon villages and landscape, creating a pattern of open and closed parishes. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052182933X
• ISBN13: 9780521829335
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"