Death Deeds And Descendents

Author : Remi Clignet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351523449
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death, Deeds, and Descendents written by Remi Clignet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 helps explain the extent and the form of inequalities in bequests, of a result of the gender or matrimonial status of the beneficiaries. The author's major is to identify and explain the most significant sources of variations in the amount and the direction of transfers of wealth after death in the United States. He uses two kinds of primary data: estate tax returns filed by a sample of male and female beneficiaries to estates in 1920 and 1944, representing two successive generations of estate transfers, and publicly recorded legal instruments such as wills and trusts. In addition, Clignet draws widely on secondary sources in the fields of anthropology, economics, and history. His findings reflect substantive and methodological concerns. The analysis underlines the need to rethink the sociology of generational bonds, as it is informed by age and gender. Death, Deeds, and Descendants underscores the variety of forms of inequality that bequests take and highlights the complexity of interrelations between the cultures of the decedents' nationalities and issues like occupation and gender. Inheritance is viewed as a way of illuminating the subtle tensions between continuity and change in American society. This book is an important contribution to the study of the relationship between sociology of the family and sociology of social stratification.

Author : Rémi Clignet
Publisher : AldineTransaction
ISBN 13 : 9780202303987
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death, Deeds, and Descendants written by Rémi Clignet and published by AldineTransaction. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clignet's analysis of the processes of biological, economic, and cultural reproduction at work in inheritance patterns in modern America is the first sustained treatment by a sociologist. Using the concept of reproduction to organize his data, Clignet shows that even today inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. He examines how decedents chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos) and how, in turn, the instrument chosen contributes to explain the extent and the form of inequalities in bequests as a function of gender or matrimonial status of the beneficiaries. The author utilizes two kinds of primary data: the estate tax returns filed by a sample of male and female beneficiaries to estates in 1920 and 1944--representing two successive generations of estate transfers--and publicly recorded legal instruments such as wills and trusts. In addition, he draws widely on sources from secondary literature in the fields of anthropology, economics, and history. Clignet's book underscores the variety of forms of inequality that bequests take and highlights the complexity of interrelations between the cultures of the decedents' nationalities and issues like occupation and gender. Inheritance is viewed in long perspective as illustrative of the subtle tensions between continuity and change in American society. This book is an important contribution to the study of the relationship between sociology of the family and sociology of social stratification.

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Golden Deeds written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jens Beckert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136777776
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology written by Jens Beckert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology is the first encyclopedia in the field and a timely response to the surge of interest in economic sociology over the last 30 years. Economic Sociology deals with the multiple and complex relations between economy and society. In particular, it focuses on the impact of social, political and cultural factors on economic behaviour. The Encyclopedia gives comprehensive and accessible coverage of the wide range of areas and subjects covered by the field, including, amongst many others, such major topics as consumption, corruption, democracy and economy, ecology, embeddedness, gender and economy, globalization, industrial relations, law and economy, markets, organization theory, political economy, religion and economic life, social capital, the sociology of money, state and economy, trust, and work. The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology is the much-needed major reference work on one of the richest areas of development in the social sciences in recent years. It is an extremely valuable new resource for students and researchers in sociology, economics, political science, and business, organization and management studies. Entries are cross-referenced and carry compact bibliographies. There is a full index.

Author : Yoku Shaw-Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742540880
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other African Americans written by Yoku Shaw-Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their growing presence, research on Caribbean and, especially, African immigrants has been scant. The scarcity of writings on these "other" African Americans contributes to the invisibility of these groups. The objective of this project is to broaden our understanding of these other African Americans. A focus on intra-racial dynamics among African Americans is important because of the ever-growing diversity of America's black population. The Other African Americans is an edited volume of original research that provides historical and contemporary information on African and Caribbean individuals and families. Each chapter addresses a particular topical area covering the most salient issues facing these immigrants to the U.S. today.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1174 pages
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Download or read book Digest of the Lawyers Reports Annotated, Volumes 1-70 written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan E. Roser
Publisher : Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mayflower Deeds & Probates written by Susan E. Roser and published by Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the last of a three-book series that includes Mayflower Marriages and the two-volume Mayflower Births & Deaths . It is a compilation of deeds and probate records extracted and transcribed from the renowned Bowman Files. The several thousand deed abstracts provide such information as name, occupation, and residence; date, sale, price, acreage, and location of the land; and witnesses and date of recording. The will abstracts include bequests to friends and family, descriptions of personal real estate...

Author : Nat Alcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526703460
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tracing History Through Title Deeds written by Nat Alcock and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nat Alcock
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526703475
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tracing History Through Title Deeds written by Nat Alcock and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Property title deeds are perhaps the most numerous sources of historical evidence but also one of the most neglected. While the information any one deed contains can often be reduced to a few lines, it can be of critical importance for family and local historians. Nat Alcock's handbook aims to help the growing army of enthusiastic researchers to use the evidence of these documents, without burying them in legal technicalities. It also reveals how fascinating and rewarding they can be once their history, language and purpose are understood. A sequence of concise, accessible chapters explains why they are so useful, where they can be found and how the evidence they provide can be extracted and applied. Family historians will find they reveal family, social and financial relationships and local historians can discover from them so much about land ownership, field and place names, the history of buildings and the expansion of towns and cities. They also bring our ancestors into view in the fullness of life, not just at birth, marriage and death, and provide more rounded pictures of the members of a family tree.

Author : Ebenezer Alden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789875683
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden written by Ebenezer Alden and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced in 1867, this memorial genealogy of the Alden family is valuable in the modern day for its deep research; it carefully charts eight generations from their common ancestor, Plymouth Colony founder John Alden. A superb example of genealogical research, this book meticulously lists and discusses the various Alden descendants through the centuries. Most of the profiles are short, simply noting the births, marriages, children, death and age at death of the various persons. Some however take care to include the accomplishments and distinguishing traits of certain Alden family members, such as their professions, noteworthy deeds and community influence, often through academic or church-related activities. Persons are sequentially numbered to aid reference. Given its age, this book is distinguished for citing sources which have since become obscure and very difficult to find. Family correspondences, notices in the local newspapers, various registry archives in the northeastern United States, plus a variety of miscellaneous papers, were referenced to achieve high accuracy. When information couldn't be found - for example, the first name or surname of a spouse - the book simply uses underscores to highlight the omission. For Alden descendants and general enthusiasts of genealogical research, this book excels as a resource.