Gentry culture and the stifling of industry

Eric L. Jones

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2013, vol. 47, issue C, 185-192

Abstract: The paper determines the role of the gentry in stifling the manufacturing development of formerly industrial southern England. An increasing divergence in economic composition between south and north is discussed, with particular reference to de-industrialisation in the former. The expanding estate system and emergence of a specific culture among landowners is described. Finally the case is made that this gentry culture was instrumental in reducing or redirecting southern enterprise during the industrial revolution.

Keywords: Gentry; Culture; Regionalisation; Southern England; De-industrialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.05.021

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