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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"landed classes"”.
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The fiction of adverse possession
… intention of protecting the real property of the landed classes. The enduring nature of land law can also be used to demonstrate that the doctrine by which control of property is understood has changed little throughout this history. The purpose of this thesis is to explore and demonstrate that …
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The Evolution of Gentility in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial Virginia
… evolution of the English and southern American landed classes with regard to three genteel leadership qualities--education, vocation, and personal characteristics. A simultaneous comparison provides a clearer view of how each adapted, or failed to adapt, to the social and economic change of the …
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PRIVILEGE LOST: THE COUNTRY HOUSE, ARISTOCRACY AND ENGLISHNESS IN NANCY MITFORD'S NOVELS
… the decline of English country houses and of the landed classes in Britain in the interwar period. The second section features close reading and close observation, with the aim to explore the connections between the country house, aristocracy and Englishness in Mitford’s novels. Such connections …