How did definitions of who belonged to the elite change during the nineteenth century, and how did those who belonged to the traditional elites react?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Definition of elites
1. the growth of new class of elites or "new rich"
2. reversals of traditional class relationships
3. sons of the new rich acquired the habits, friends, and tastes of gentlemen at
the numerous new and expensive schools
4. old blood allied with new money
5. England's landed gentry earned a significant part of their wealth in
business, mainly through manufacturing, banking, and railways
6. every industrializing economy had its new rich and its declining aristocracies
B. Reactions of traditional elites
1. new rich written about and satirized
2. old money did occasionally resist the intrusion of new money in their
traditional schools, businesses, and social clubs
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