In what ways is Robinson Crusoe typical of its era?

The
eighteenth century is associated with the rise of the middle class in Great Britain.
"Middle-class" has a different meaning in Britain than in the United States: it
differentiates between the aristocracy, who inherited their land-based money and status and were
not expected to work for a living, and the people who earned their wealth through their own hard
work, usually in trade.

The middle class gained its wealthand often vast
fortunes (one could be middle-class and very very wealthy: the middle-class designation simply
meant you weren't born of a gentleman and didn't inherit your money)through industry, frugality,
planning, intelligence, common sense, and hard work. is typical of this
era, and very appealing to this rising middle class, because Crusoe survives and thrives through
use of middle-class virtues. He thinks ahead, salvages supplies from the sinking ship, plants,
hunts, cultivates, builds, conserves, and works very, very hard to become the lord
(if...