Este sitio utiliza cookies para ofrecer nuestros servicios, mejorar el rendimiento, análisis y (si no estás registrado) publicidad. Al usar LibraryThing reconoces que has leído y comprendido nuestros términos de servicio y política de privacidad. El uso del sitio y de los servicios está sujeto a estas políticas y términos.
As late as 1980, a quarter of the population of Wales lived within the boundaries of what had once been the lordships of the Bute estate. Powerful landowners for centuries, the Stuarts of Bute were key drivers of the many social, political, and economic changes that transformed south Wales between the eighteenth and twentieth century. This volume explores the Butes and their influence, setting them in context of a long, interwoven history of landed proprietorship, economic development, and the rise of the industrial middle class throughout Britain.… (más)
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
[None]
Dedicatoria
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In honour of my forefathers, William Davies and William Potter, Rhondda colliers, creators of Cardiff
Primeras palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
A quarter of the population of Wales lives within the boundaries of what were the lordships of the Bute estate.
Preface.
'Your friend [Lord Mountstuart]', wrote Sir John Pringle to Boswell in 1767, 'is a married man and I am persuaded, happy in that state, although the match was made upon prudential considerations only.'
Chapter I - The Bute family.
Citas
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
It is difficult to resist the conclusion that, where Cardiff is concerned, D. A. Thomas's comment had a considerable element of truth in it, and where the Bute family itself is concerned, Crawshay's opinion, given in 1833, was even more apposite: 'Your lordship would do better to let others take the Port making, yourself keeping every ulterior and collateral advantage'.
Chapter VII - Docks, railways and the Bute estate.
As late as 1980, a quarter of the population of Wales lived within the boundaries of what had once been the lordships of the Bute estate. Powerful landowners for centuries, the Stuarts of Bute were key drivers of the many social, political, and economic changes that transformed south Wales between the eighteenth and twentieth century. This volume explores the Butes and their influence, setting them in context of a long, interwoven history of landed proprietorship, economic development, and the rise of the industrial middle class throughout Britain.
Google Books — Cargando...
