Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)
ISBN:
9781350481701
Inhalt:
Ellis Wasson offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the European ruling class during the 19th and 20th centuries. Distilling a wealth of recent research, Wasson analyses the role of aristocracy in modern times, focusing on the tensions that exist between egalitarian values and the way elites shape society. Wasson explodes myths and jettisons stereotypes in sweeping coverage that takes the story from the Congress of Vienna to Stalingrad. The study recounts the change from the genteel world of court balls to CafeÌ Society and finally on to Eurotrash. It also contrasts the paradox of continued aristocratic social power and cultural leadership with the gradual decline in their political authority. Aristocracy and the Modern World covers key topics, such as: - The fabulous wealth of the great magnates - The relationship between servants and masters - Interaction with the middle classes - Concepts of honour - Culture, recreation and gender - Local authority and national power. Lively and authoritative, the book reviews developments in Scandinavia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Italy and Spain as well as in Britain, Germany and Russia. It is essential reading for all those with an interest in modern European history
Anmerkung:
Acknowledgements Introduction Defining Aristocracy The Ancien Regime Wealth Family and Honour The Beau Monde: Culture and Society Swallowing the Toad: Meeting the Middle Classes The Habit of Authority: Local Power Eagles and Peacocks: National Power Aristocide 1917-1945 Where Are They Now? 1945-2000 Vital Memories Notes Bibliography Index.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Defi ning Aristocracy -- 2 The Ancien Régime -- 3 Wealth -- 4 Family and Honor -- 5 The Beau Monde: Culture and Society -- 6 Swallowing the Toad: The Aristocracy and the Middle Classes -- 7 The Habit of Authority: Local Power -- 8 Eagles and Peacocks: National Power -- 9 Aristocide, 1917-1945 -- 10 Where Are They Now? 1945-2005 -- 11 Vital Memories -- Notes -- References -- Index
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781137040299
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781403940728
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781403940735
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wasson, Ellis Aristocracy and the Modern World London : Macmillan Education UK, {copy}2006 ISBN 9781403940728
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-137-04029-9
