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Inheritance and Wealth in America
ISBN/EAN: 9780306456527
Umbreit-Nr.: 1570965
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xiii, 226 S.
Format in cm:
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gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 30.11.1997
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeThe Inheritance of Wealth in America; R.K. Miller, S.J. McNamee. Inheritance in American Legal Thought; R. Chester. Economics of Inheritance; P.L. Menchik, N.J. Jianakoplos. Federal Taxation of Inheritance and Wealth Transfers; B.W. Johnson, M.B. Eller. Women and Inheritance in America: Virginia and New York as a Case Study, 1700-1860; J.R. Gundersen. Ethnicity and Inheritance; R. Clignet. Why Should Men Leave Great Fortunes to Their Children? Dynasty and Inheritance in America; P.D. Hall, G.E. Marcus. Will Contests: Legacies of Aging and Social Change; J.P. Rosenfeld. Inheritance and Stratification; S.P. McNamee, R.K. Miller. Index.
- Kurztext
- A collection of essays that provide: an interpretative history of inheritance in American legal thought; a review of the literature on the economics of inheritance at the household and societal levels; a history of Federal taxation of wealth transfers; and, an examination of inheritance and its role in class reproduction and stratification.