Gentlemen of uncertain fortune : how younger sons made their way in Jane Austen's England /

A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune. In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: what should the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Muir, Rory, 1962- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
Primogeniture > Great Britain.
Inheritance and succession > Great Britain.
Professions > Great Britain > History.
Droit d'aînesse > Grande-Bretagne.
Successions et héritages > Grande-Bretagne.
Professions libérales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > General.
Inheritance and succession
Primogeniture
Professions
Great Britain
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • A NOTE ON MONEY
  • Chapter One. YOUNGER SONS AND THEIR FAMILIES
  • Chapter Two. MONEY AND SOCIETY
  • Chapter Three. THE CHURCH
  • Chapter Four. MEDICINE
  • Chapter Five. THE LAW: Barristers
  • Chapter Six. THE LAW: Attorneys and Solicitors
  • Chapter Eight. CIVIL OFFICE
  • Chapter Nine. THE NAVY: Young Gentlemen at Sea
  • Chapter Ten. THE NAVY: Promotion and Employment chapter eleven THE ARMY
  • Chapter Eleven. THE ARMY
  • Chapter Twelve. INDIA
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix One. Inflation in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
  • Appendix Two. Some Numbers
  • Notes
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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