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PART I: INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING THE RURAL SOCIETIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES1. 'Unimportant Minorities': The Landholding Peasantry of Britain and Ireland, C.1600-18502. People Above and Below: 'Landlordism', 'Estate Studies', and Relationships Between Owners and Workers of Land3. Methodologies: The Practice and Theory of Petitions, and the Choice Of EstatesPART II: LANDED ESTATES: PERSONNEL, ORGANISATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND ELEMENTS OF VARIANCE4. Stewards and Other Estate Officials5. The Estates and the Petitions6. Petitions and the Rhythms of Estate Life7. Empty Spaces: The Missing Estate Petitions of Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth-Century WalesPART III: AUTHORSHIP, PHYSICAL FORM, AND WRITTEN STYLE OF PETITIONS8. Authenticity and Authorship9. Physical Form10. Address11. Ending12. Delivery and ReceiptPART IV: THE CONTENT OF PETITIONS13. The North of Ireland, C.1750-185014. North-West England, c.1600-180015. The Highland Margin of Scotland, C.1770-1860V. LAND, PSYCHOLOGY, AND THE 'HARD SURFACES OF LIFE': ASKING FOR POOR RELIEF ON LANDED ESTATES16. Poverty and Self-Help in North-West England and Wales17. Petitioning For Relief on Breadalbane: Estate Policy, Family Life, and Strategies for Care18. Poverty and its Relief in the North of Ireland: The Place of the Estate19. Psychology and Necessity: Attachment to the Land in Parts of Scotland and IrelandPART VI: CONCLUSION: THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND20. Paternalism and Deference21. Oppressions, Freedoms, and their Politico-Legal Context22. The Texture of Rural Society In Parts Of Britain And Ireland.
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Peasant petitions : social relations and economic life on landed estates, 1600-1850 by R. A. Houston. ISBN 9781137394088. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
