TY - BOOK AU - Broad,John TI - Transforming English rural society: the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 T2 - Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time SN - 0511193807 AV - DA377.2.V5 B76 2004eb U1 - 942.5/9 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Verney family. KW - Verney (Famille) KW - Administration of estates KW - England KW - Buckinghamshire KW - History KW - Gentry KW - Administration successorale KW - Angleterre KW - Histoire KW - HISTORY KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Rural conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Platteland KW - gtt KW - Landadel KW - Landinrichting KW - Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling KW - Great Britain KW - George III, 1760-1820 KW - Biography KW - Stuarts, 1603-1714 KW - 18th century KW - Buckinghamshire (England) KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - 1760-1820 (George III) KW - Biographies KW - 1603-1714 (Stuarts) KW - 18e siècle KW - Buckinghamshire (Angleterre) KW - Conditions sociales KW - Conditions rurales KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-289) and index; Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on editorial practice; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 A gentry family in county and court society 1603-1642; 3 The Civil War and Interregnum 1642-1657; 4 The creation of an enclosed estate 1600-1657; 5 Land, business, and dynastic advance 1657-1736; 6 The making of a modern landed estate; 7 Power in the community -- the making of an estate village 1660-1740; 8 The rise and fall of Verney fortunes in the eighteenth century 1740-1820 N2 - John Broad explores the rise and fall of the Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire. He shows how the family were impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, how they managed their estates to maximise income and transformed three local villages into 'open' and 'closed' parishes UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=161167 ER -