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Inheritance in America: From Colonial Times to the Present

by Carole Shammas, Michel Dahlin, Marylynn Salmon

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 "It has been estimated that 80 percent of household wealth in the United States is derived from inheritance. This is the first study of now Americans over three centuries- from the 1700s to the 1980s- have distributed that wealth. The authors focus on the relationship between the inheritance process and changes in capitalism and the structure of the family." FINE- SOFTCOVER… (more)
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 "It has been estimated that 80 percent of household wealth in the United States is derived from inheritance. This is the first study of now Americans over three centuries- from the 1700s to the 1980s- have distributed that wealth. The authors focus on the relationship between the inheritance process and changes in capitalism and the structure of the family." FINE- SOFTCOVER

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