The nature of landed society -- Aristocratic England -- The institutions of the landed aristocracy -- The life of a landed aristocrat -- The landed gentry and county society -- The management of the landed estates -- Landowners and the local community -- Landed estates in war and peace, 1790-1835 -- Estates in the railway age, 1835-79 -- The decline of the landed interest, 1830-80 -- Indian summer, 1880-1914 -- Eclipse, 1914-39.