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Inheritance and Wealth in America

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Robert K. Miller

    1. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

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  2. Stephen J. McNamee

    1. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Inheritance of Wealth in America

    • Robert K. Miller Jr., Stephen J. McNamee
    Pages 1-22

  3. Inheritance in American Legal Thought

    • Ronald Chester
    Pages 23-43

  4. Economics of Inheritance

    • Paul L. Menchik, Nancy A. Jianakoplos
    Pages 45-59

  5. Federal Taxation of Inheritance and Wealth Transfers

    • Barry W. Johnson, Martha Britton Eller
    Pages 61-90

  6. Women and Inheritance in America

    • Joan R. Gundersen
    Pages 91-118

  7. Ethnicity and Inheritance

    • Remi P. Clignet
    Pages 119-137

  8. Why Should Men Leave Great Fortunes to Their Children?

    • Peter Dobkin Hall, George E. Marcus
    Pages 139-171

  9. Will Contests

    • Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld
    Pages 173-191

  10. Inheritance and Stratification

    • Stephen J. McNamee, Robert K. Miller Jr.
    Pages 193-213

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-226
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About this book

Inheritance and Wealth in America is a superb collection of original essays, written in nontechnical language by experts in sociology, economics, anthropology, history, law, and other disciplines. Notable chapters provide - an outstanding interpretative history of inheritance in American legal thought - a critical review of the literature on the economics of inheritance at the household and societal levels - a superb history of Federal taxation of wealth transfers, and - a sociological examination of inheritance and its role in class reproduction and stratification. This groundbreaking work is of value to any researcher dealing with the transmission of wealth and privilege across generations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

    Robert K. Miller, Stephen J. McNamee

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inheritance and Wealth in America

  • Editors: Robert K. Miller, Stephen J. McNamee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1931-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45652-7Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1933-5Published: 20 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1931-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 226

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Economics, general

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