Title The role of ruling class adaptability in the British transition from ancien regime to modern state : the open elite of Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the second World War / Ellis Wasson ; With a foreword by Michael McCahill.

Publication Info.	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]
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Description	1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This work examines how the landed elite openly absorbed a regular flow of new members to the ruling class. It examines the transition of Britain from aristocratic rule to democracy through a study of the Whig Party.
Contents	20120209162246607.pdf; Wasson; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Bibliography; Index;
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Subject	Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History.
	Aristocracy (Social class)
	Great Britain.
	History.
	Social adjustment -- Great Britain -- History.
	Social adjustment.
	Democracy -- Great Britain -- History.
	Democracy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Wasson, Ellis Archer, 1947- Role of ruling class adaptability in the British transition from ancien regime to modern state. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773414648 (DLC) 2010048316 (OCoLC)693553996
ISBN	9780773420601 (electronic book)
	0773420606 (electronic book)
	9780773414648
	0773414649