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A central fact of social life is that when people die, whatever personal property they have managed to accumulate over their lifetimes is left behind. Since death is inevitable and since “you can’t take it with you,” societies establish rules for the disposition of property at death. This book is about how such property transfers occur in American society.
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Miller, R.K., McNamee, S.J. (1998). The Inheritance of Wealth in America. In: Miller, R.K., McNamee, S.J. (eds) Inheritance and Wealth in America. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1931-1_1
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