Lives in Trust: The Fortunes of Dynastic Families in Late Twentieth-Century America Tapa blanda - 1992

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. ix, 380 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Scarce. "The histories of great American dynastic fortunes, such as those of the Rockefellers, DuPonts, and Guggenheims, have been told repeatedly as family stories. They have been tales of the passions, jealousies, distinguished achievements, and eccentricities among generations of parents and children, brothers and sisters. The essays in this book, developed from the perspectives of contemporary anthropology and cultural studies, establish a different field of vision for understanding private concentrations of great wealth and their legacies in the late twentieth-century United States. Over time, a family becomes dynastic by growing into an organization with a massive store of wealth rather than kinship at its center. A dynasty then takes on a set of values and a mystique that depends on a diverse range of experts, institutions, mass media, and ordinary middle-class people to empower it. The mature dynasty is as much… Leer más

Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1992. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 380 pages. The essays in this book, developed from the perspectives of contemporary anthropology and cultural studies, establish a different vision for understanding private concentrations of great wealth and their legacies in the late 20th-century United States. Clean copy. Record # 378337

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