1st Edition
Passing On Kinship and Inheritance in England
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Inheritance, once the preserve of the propertied upper classes, has become a much more common experience. Many more people now than in the past have something of material value to bequeath when they die, mainly because of the spread of home ownership during the second half of the twentieth century. Passing On examines what these changes can tell us about kinship in England, through a study of... Read more
Chapter 1 Making connections; Chapter 2 Questions of complexity; Chapter 3 Transmissions and divisions; Chapter 4 Moral dilemmas; Chapter 5 Questions of ownership; Chapter 6 Symbolism; Chapter 7 Drawing conclusions;
Biography
Janet Finch Vice Chancellor of Keele University. Jennifer Mason Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on Family, Kinship and Childhood at the University of Leeds.
