Gentlemen, gentrification, and land-ownership in Leicestershire
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Date of publication
September 2019
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OSF_preprint:460F6-21F-8EF
This thesis discusses the changes to the Prestwold estate in Leicestershire, directed by select members of the Packe family. It argues that these changes were examples of gentrification and they reflected the adaption of the gentry to capitalist society.