Tables

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Tables IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE A Prologue
7. CHAPTER 1 The Nobility as a Social Formation 9
8. CHAPTER 2 Land and Economy 20
9. CHAPTER 3 Traditional Politics 39
10. PART TWO Mounting Tensions, 1881-1905
11. CHAPTER 4 Terrorism, the Great Depression, and Noble Politics 71
12. CHAPTER 5 Founding the Noble Land Bank 102
13. CHAPTER 6 The Politics of Entail 118
14. CHAPTER 7 Remaking the Noble Land Bank 132
15. CHAPTER 8 The Railroad Question 161
16. CHAPTER 9 The Peasant Question 191
17. Conclusion: Noble Politics in Comparative Perspective 225
18. Notes 243
19. Selected Bibliography 273
20. Index 289