Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture Britain 1780-1980

by Thompson, F. M. L.

• ISBN13: 9780199243303
• ISBN10: 0199243301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this book F. M. L. Thompson makes an incisive contribution to the longstanding debate over gentrification and entrepreneurialism in Britain. He provides an expert analysis of the links between economic performance and the penetration of industrial wealth into landed society.

Author Biography

F. M. L. Thompson is a former Director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

Table of Contents

Tables	viii
Abbreviations	ix
Posing the Problem	1	(22)
Aristocrats as Entrepreneurs	23	(22)
Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats	45	(30)
Entrepreneurial Culture and the Culture of Entrepreneurs	75	(23)
Consumption, Culture, and the `Unenterprising' Businessman	98	(24)
Gentlemanly Values, Education, and the Industrial Spirit	122	(21)
Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Cultural Explanations of Economic Performance	143	(19)
Appendices. New Men of Wealth and the Purchase of Landed Estates	162	(33)
1. Millionaires Dying Between 1809 and 1893	162	(5)
2. Millionaires Dying Between 1894 and 1914	167	(5)
3. Millionaires Dying Between 1915 and 1940	172	(11)
4. Businessmen Leaving Less Than £1 million Who Purchased Country Estates	183	(12)
(i) Those Who Died Before 1914	183	(6)
(ii) Those Born Before 1870 Who Died After 1914	189	(6)
Index	195