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  1. Fascinating reading, i’ll have to check out that victorian era source. Was any reason cited for the switch to a behavioral rather than economic definition? My two farthings are that it was a response to the rakish behavior of the Georgian period.

    • The sense I got was that some of the change came from the economic shift. The the industrial revolution and the changes it brought, agriculture and land ownership was not nearly so powerful as it once was. People do not like to give up status so education and refinement in taste and behavior began to grow in importance since those were not lost in the industrial revolution. That was my take away, anyhow.

  2. Very interesting, Grace. I’ll check back on your research when I start my fourth book (after I finish Legacy).

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