Wealth and The Wealthy in the Modern World
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Wealth and The Wealthy in the Modern World

  1. 281 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Wealth and The Wealthy in the Modern World

About this book

First published in 1980, Wealth and The Wealthy in the Modern World looks at the careers of the very wealthy and the extent of wealth-holding and wealth distribution in the major Western nations since the Industrial Revolution. Each essay examines how wealth was created, controlled and maintained in each country. It also considers the relationship between wealthy persons and the rest of society and the divisions amongst the wealthy class. Social mobility into top wealth and income brackets is also discussed, as are the idiosyncratic features of wealth-holding in each society. Together these essays provide a broad, yet detailed portrait of a social class which has had extraordinary influence on shaping the social history of the Western world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book will be of interest to students of economics, political science, and development studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032707853
eBook ISBN
9781003854333
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Economic Theory
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Original Title Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Modern Britain W.D. Rubinstein
  10. 2 Wealth and Affluence in France Since the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Adeline Daumard
  11. 3 The Rich in a Late Industrialiser: The Case of Italy, 1800–1945 Vera Zamagni
  12. 4 Wealth in America Before 1865 Edward Pessen
  13. 5 The Gilded Elite: American Multimillionaires, 1865 to the Present Frederic Cople Jaher
  14. Notes on Contributors
  15. Index