First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This series of books explores what is perhaps the most dynamic era in the history of England.

A study of Britain's great nineteenth-century houses examines their architects, and the social, technological, and economic conditions that made the massive str

Country houses formed a distinct community and power base within the broader Victorian countryside. This book shows how landed families' day-to-day existence de

During the reign of Queen Victoria, industrialisation changed every aspect of rural life. Industrial diversification led to a decline in agriculture and mass mi