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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rees, Lowri Ann
• Byrne, Fidelma
• Cameron, Ewen A
• Campbell, Robin K
• Casement, Anne
• Evans, Shaun
• Gent, David
• Gunn, Kirsty
• McGregor, John
• McKichan, Finlay
• Murphy, Rachel
• Rees, Lowri Ann
• Reilly, Ciarán
• Reilly, Ciarán
• Tindley, Annie
• Tindley, Annie

Titel

The Land Agent : 1700-1920

Ist Teil von

• Scotland's Land : SCLA

Ort / Verlag

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

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• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Explores the role of land agents in Britain and its imperial territories between c. 1700-1920This book brings together leading researchers of British and Irish rural history to consider the role of the land agent, or estate manager, in the modern period. Land agents were an influential and powerful cadre of men, who managed both the day-to-day running and the overall policy direction of landed estates. As such, they occupy a controversial place in academic historiography as well as popular memory in rural Britain and Ireland. Reviled in social history narratives and fictional accounts, the land agent was one of the most powerful tools in the armoury of the British and Irish landed classes and their territorial, political and social dominance. By unpacking the nature and processes of their power, The Land Agent explores who these men were and what was the wider significance of their roles, thus uncovering a neglected history of British rural society.ContributorsDavid Gent, University of York Ewen A. Cameron, University of Edinburgh John MacGregor, Independent ScholarFidelma Byrne, Maynooth University Rachel Murphy, University College CorkFinlay McKichan, Independent Scholar Lowri Ann Rees, Bangor University Anne Casement, Independent Scholar Ciarán Reilly, Independent Scholar Shaun Evans, Bangor University Robin K. Campbell, Independent Scholar Kirsty Gunn, University of DundeeAnnie Tindley, Newcastle University