Chapter 3 Managing the estate
Using material drawn from across eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, this chapter charts single, widowed and married women's contribution to estate management. It explores women's role in the financial management of landed estates as well as other more 'hands on' as...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2018
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| Series: | Studies in Historical Geography
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Using material drawn from across eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, this chapter charts single, widowed and married women's contribution to estate management. It explores women's role in the financial management of landed estates as well as other more 'hands on' aspects of estate management, including setting and collecting rents, negotiating with tenants about rent, tenancies and repairs, supervising home farms, managing timber resources and otherwise determining estate policy |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (32 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781315579078 |
| Access: | Open Access |