{"product_id":"open-elite-england-1540-1880-9780198206071","title":"Open Elite: England 1540-1880","description":"\u003cem\u003eAn Open Elite?\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to test the traditional view that for centuries English landed society has been open to new families made rich by business or public office. From a detailed examination of the landed elites of three counties between 1540 and 1880, the authors come to radical new conclusions about the landed classes. They describe the strategies of marriage and inheritance evolved by older families to preserve their position, and establish that the number of newcomers was always relatively small. The resulting work is a major reassessment of the social, economic, and political history of England since the Reformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis abridged edition of what was immediately recognized as a major work of historical scholarship was first published in 1986 and is now available in Clarendon Paperback with a new foreword by Lawrence Stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.56w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198206071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil his retirement Director of Shelby Cullom David Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University, \u003cstrong\u003eLawrence Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e remains one of the best-known historians in the world. For OUP he is the author of the trilogy \u003cem\u003eRoad to Divorce\u003c\/em\u003e (1990, OPB 1995), \u003cem\u003eUncertain Unions\u003c\/em\u003e (1992, OPB 1995), and \u003cem\u003eBroken Lives\u003c\/em\u003e (1993, OPB 1995), and also \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis of Aristocracy\u003c\/em\u003e (1965, pb 1967).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44232147173491,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":96.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9766a2aa-66a2-434a-b1a4-24950700f0f3.jpg?v=1768656474","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/open-elite-england-1540-1880-9780198206071","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}