Re: England, a nation of shopkeepers

On 11/30/03 9:16 AM, in article
[EMAIL PROTECTED], "David E. Latane"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Meg Worley wrote:
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>> Drewdr writes:
>>> Going by period literature, when exactly did it become socially
>>> acceptable to work for a living and make your own fortune, as opposed
>>> to inheriting land and living on rent/annuities ?
>> 
>> Later than the 19th century, at least -- trade is a big issue in
>> *Howard's End*, and that's just pre-Great War.  Even today, your
>> question is underdetermined; there are still people for whom it isn't
>> socially acceptable to make one's own money.  After all, isn't that
>> what we're all *really* scandalized about in l'affaire de Paris Hilton?
> 
> Socially acceptable, I presume, to aristocrats and gentry? Men of genuine
> accomplishment who made their own living in the professions were in fact
> socially acceptable to all but the hardest of the snobs early in the
> nineteenth century.

Tell that to Tommy Lipton.