[developer93]

Can you supply some suggestions for further reading? That makes a lot of sense, I've had the same nagging question for some years now. I would be more relaxed if I could just blame the aristos and it wasn't something innate to our culture...

[kranke155]

On Eton? The absolute best book I’ve read is The Importance of Being Eton by Nick Fraser.

The author himself is an Etonian and he explains it all from quite a critical point of view.