I would rather say that it is more like disenfranchisement of middle and small landowners in the late XIX century in Europe. Land lost it's store of wealth sta

I would rather say that it is more like disenfranchisement of middle and small landowners in the late XIX century in Europe. Land lost it's store of wealth status, governments aimed at land reforms and wealth creation shifted to areas like railways and textile industry. The land-owning class had been reduced to 'poverty' within generation. Lots of XIX century literature is around the subject of people getting 'reduced to poverty' but desperately trying to keep appearances.