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Urban patronage and social authority : the management of the Duke of Devonshire's towns in Ireland, 1764-1891

Title: Urban patronage and social authority : the management of the Duke of Devonshire's towns in Ireland, 1764-1891 / by Lindsay J. Proudfoot.
Author: Proudfoot, L. J. (Lindsay J.)
Publication: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 1995.

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Description

xiv, 398 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subjects

City planning > Ireland > History
Devonshire, Dukes of
Urbanization > Ireland > History
Administration of estates > Ireland > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Historians, Landlords, and Irish Towns -- 2. Land and Society: Contexts for Urban Improvement, 1700-1850 -- 3. The Origins, Administration, and Income of the Duke of Devonshire's Irish Estate, 1764-1891 -- 4. Mismanagement and Neglect, 1764-1792 -- 5. "For Power and Profit": The Reorganization of the Urban Estate, 1792-1832 -- 6. Changing Attitudes: Estate Management and the Estate Towns, 1832-1891 -- 7. Property and Social Authority.

ISBN

081320819X

LCCN

94022416

OCLC

ocm30738422

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Columbia University Libraries