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In The Moral Economy of the Shire Nathan Goldwag teases out the things about Hobbit life that Tolkien smoothed over but surely intended.
Under the surface tension of rural utopia are the hard lives of tenant farmers and a complex cultural web of shame, obligation and largesse.
Bilbo , Frodo, Merry , and Pippin are all very clearly members of the landed gentry.
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