Much of the old governing elite died in the disaster.

The coup only lasted a few days, however, as it lacked the support of the old elite and the population.

Apparently the old elite does not rate exercise as a high priority.

The old elite was becoming more isolated and less feared.

Her father had been a member of the old elite.

As such the power base had gradually shifted from the old elite to the newer one.

"Real reform would tear away the old elite's control over the economy," he said.

The new middle class was solidly in control by the 1870s and the old elite had all but vanished.

He saw that the revolution had replaced the old elite with a new one.

The old elite, he says, had already come to this conclusion when it was overthrown.