All Outputs (2)

An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948 (2018)
Thesis
Reeves, H. J. (2018). An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412018

This thesis explores the idea of the ‘railway family’ in the British railwayindustry between 1900 and 1948. The ‘railway family’ was borne out of a desire tocreate an ‘imagined community’ of railway workers across the wide geographicalboundaries of i... Read More about An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948.

Land agents and urban aristocratic estates in nineteenth century Staffordshire: a comparison of Longton and Walsall (2018)
Thesis
Rogers, C. (2018). Land agents and urban aristocratic estates in nineteenth century Staffordshire: a comparison of Longton and Walsall. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/410298

This thesis examines the impact of the social and economic policies of two aristocratic landowners on the development of Staffordshire towns. The integral role of land agents is demonstrated by comparing the earl of Bradford’s Walsall estate with the... Read More about Land agents and urban aristocratic estates in nineteenth century Staffordshire: a comparison of Longton and Walsall.