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Death, Deeds, and Descendents Inheritance in Modern America
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Routledge
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Routledge
236 Pages
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Routledge
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Clignet's analysis of inheritance patterns in modern America is the first sustained treatment of the subject by a sociologist. Clignet shows that even today inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. He examines what leads decedents to chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos) and how, in turn, the instrument chosen... Read more
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Biography
Remi Clignet, Jens Beckert, Brooke Harrington
