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Grand fortunes : dynasties of wealth in France / Michel Pinçon & Monique Pinçon-Charlot ; translated from the French by Andrea Lyn Secara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinçon, Michel.
- Standardized Title:
- Grandes fortunes. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wealth--France.
- Wealth.
- Aristocracy (Social class)--France.
- Aristocracy (Social class).
- Middle class--France.
- Middle class.
- Millionaires--France.
- Millionaires.
- France--Social life and customs.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Two French sociologists penetrate the secrets of old money, exploring the ways of the well-endowed and suggesting how it is that they stay that way.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- FIRST CHAPTER The Great Fortunes: Levels, Composition and Administration
- CHAPTER II The Fief, or the Rural Roots of the Great Families
- CHAPTER III Sterling Cosmopolitanism
- CHAPTER IV Ceremonies, Fashionable Gatherings and Rituals
- CHAPTER V WEALTH AND CULTURE
- CHAPTER VI The Collectivization of Private Property: Chic Properties
- CHAPTER VII Contested Spaces, Defended Spaces
- CHAPTER VIII The Duty to Pass It On
- Conclusion
- Bibliographie.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-34656-6
- 9786610346561
- 1-892941-18-X
- OCLC:
- 820860102
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