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# Commercial Hospitality Contrast
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## Definition
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The fundamental difference between traditional rural hospitality based on
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consuming surplus produce locally with retainers and dependents, and modern
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commercial society where wealth is spent on manufactured goods and personal
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consumption rather than maintaining large numbers of dependent followers.
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## Source Chapter
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Book III, Chapter 4
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## Context
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Smith uses historical examples from medieval England and Scottish Highlands to
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illustrate how commerce and manufactures transformed the spending habits of the
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wealthy from maintaining large retinues to purchasing manufactured goods, thereby
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breaking the power of great proprietors over their dependents.
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## Economic Domain
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Consumption
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