Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. INTRODUCTION Aspects of Aristocracy 1
5. PART ONE PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS
6. 1 The Making of the British Upper Classes 7
7. 2 Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century 37
8. 3 Nobility and Mobility in Modern Britain 55
9. PART TWO INDIVIDUALS IN CONTEXT
10. 4 Lord Curzon as Ceremonial Impressario 75
11. 5 Lord Strickland 109
12. 6 Winston Churchill as an Aristocratic Adventurer 130
13. PART THREE THE DYNASTIC PERSPECTIVE
14. 7 The Landowner as Millionaire 163
15. 8 Landowners, Lawyers and Litterateurs 184
16. 9 Portrait of More Than a Marriage 210
17. Conclusion: Beyond the Country House 242
18. APPENDIXES
19. APPENDIX A Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century 247
20. APPENDIX B The Churchills 252
21. APPENDIX C The Devonshires 255
22. APPENDIX D The Cozens-Hardys 267
23. APPENDIX E Genealogical Table of the Nicolsons and the Sackville-Wests 271
24. A Note on Sources 274
25. Notes 275
26. Index 310
27. Photographic Acknowledgements 321