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Pocket borough to county borough: power relations, elites and politics in nineteenth-century Grimsby

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

P.J. SHINNER
P.J. SHINNER*
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Dept of Media and Humanities, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS
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Abstract

This article considers the relationship between landed culture and the emergent middle classes in a rapidly expanding urban context substantially removed from the more familiar examples. The port of Grimsby expanded rapidly in the second half of the nineteenth century, displaying many facets in common with other industrial centres and boasting a substantial middle-class presence from a relatively early stage. At the same time the extent to which Grimsby's middle classes assumed a leading role in the town's development is questionable and subject to qualification.

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Urban History , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , December 2007 , pp. 481 - 503
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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