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Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute

As late as 1980, a quarter of the population of Wales lived within the boundaries of what had once been the lordships of the Bute estate. Powerful landowners for centuries, the Stuarts of Bute were key drivers of the many social, political, and economic changes that transformed south Wales between the eighteenth and twentieth century. This volume explores the Butes and their influence, setting them in context of a long, interwoven history of landed proprietorship, economic development, and the rise of the industrial middle class throughout Britain.


335 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2011

History: European History


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Table of Contents

Editors’ Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations

I. The Bute Family
II. The Cardiff Castle Estate, 1766–1947
III. The Marquesses of Bute and the Community in Glamorgan
IV. Agriculture and the Bute Estate
V. The Urban Estate
VI. The Mineral Estate
VII. Docks, Railways and the Bute Estate

Bibliography
Index

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