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James Raven (Professor of Modern History)⁰

James Raven
1. University of Essex, UK
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

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Introduction
1. Introduction
  
  James Raven
  
  Pages 1-21
Implications of Loss
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 22-22
  
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2. Lost Aspects of the Country Estate
  
  Jon Stobart
  
  Pages 23-43
3. The Destruction of the Country House in Ireland, 1879–1973
  
  Terence Dooley
  
  Pages 44-62
4. Bowen’s Court as ‘an Aesthetic of Living’: A Lost Mansion’s Significance in the Imagining of the Irish Gentry
  
  Ian d’Alton
  
  Pages 63-79
Debates and Perceptions
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 80-80
  
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2. The Loss of Country Houses and Estates through the Destruction and Obscuring of Identity
  
  Barbara Wood
  
  Pages 81-96
3. Better Off as Ruins? The Scottish Castle Restoration Debate
  
  Michael Davis
  
  Pages 97-106
4. The Demolished Mansions of Essex and the Marks Hall Estate: Reconstruction and the Heritage of Loss
  
  James Raven
  
  Pages 107-124
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Pages 125-137

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This provocative volume stimulates debate about lost 'heritage' by examining the history of the hundreds of great houses demolished in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century. Seven lively essays debate our understanding of what is meant by loss and how it relates to popular conceptions of the great house.

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University of Essex, UK

James Raven

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James Raven is Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex, UK, and a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK. His books include Bookscape (2014), The Business of Books (2007), and Lost Libraries (2004). He is a Trustee of the Marks Hall Estate, Essex, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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Book Title: Lost Mansions
Book Subtitle: Essays on the Destruction of the Country House
Editors: James Raven
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137520777
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52076-0Published: 29 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52077-7Published: 29 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 137
Topics: Social History, Arts, History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History, Architecture, general, Architectural History and Theory

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Introduction

Implications of Loss

Front Matter

Lost Aspects of the Country Estate

The Destruction of the Country House in Ireland, 1879–1973

Bowen’s Court as ‘an Aesthetic of Living’: A Lost Mansion’s Significance in the Imagining of the Irish Gentry

Debates and Perceptions

Front Matter

The Loss of Country Houses and Estates through the Destruction and Obscuring of Identity

Better Off as Ruins? The Scottish Castle Restoration Debate

The Demolished Mansions of Essex and the Marks Hall Estate: Reconstruction and the Heritage of Loss

Back Matter

Keywords

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University of Essex, UK

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