Aspects of Aristocracy : Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain / David Cannadine

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 320 pp, 24 cm. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION Aspects of Aristocracy -- PART ONE PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS -- 1 The Making of the British Upper Classes -- 2 Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century -- 3 Nobility and Mobility in Modern Britain -- PART TWO INDIVIDUALS IN CONTEXT -- 4 Lord Curzon as Ceremonial Impressario -- 5 Lord Strickland -- 6 Winston Churchill as an Aristocratic Adventurer -- PART THREE THE DYNASTIC PERSPECTIVE -- 7 The Landowner as Millionaire -- 8 Landowners, Lawyers and Litterateurs -- 9 Portrait of More Than a Marriage -- Conclusion: Beyond the Country House -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century -- APPENDIX B The Churchills -- APPENDIX C The Devonshires -- APPENDIX D The Cozens-Hardys -- APPENDIX E Genealogical Table of the Nicolsons and the Sackville-Wests -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- Photographic Acknowledgements. Subjects; Churchill Familie. Strickland Familie. 1789-1820. Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain History. Nobility Great Britain History. Upper class Great Britain History. Aristocracy Great Britain History. Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain History. Upper class Great Britain History. England History Economic 19th century. England History Economic 20th century.