... of property and, importantly, the 'means of production' once reserved for those born to do so. While some aristocrats did particularly well in terms of wealth accumulation throughout the Industrial Revolution (notably the Fitzwilliam family, whose vast estates in Yorkshire contained large coal seams), they were very much in the minority as the newly enfranchised middle classes sought to change the ... ...

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