How Long to Read Death, Deeds, and Descendants

How Long Does it Take to Read Death, Deeds, and Descendants?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Death, Deeds, and Descendants by Rémi Clignet

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

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.

How long is Death, Deeds, and Descendants?

Death, Deeds, and Descendants by Rémi Clignet is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Death, Deeds, and Descendants Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Death, Deeds, and Descendants aloud.

What Reading Level is Death, Deeds, and Descendants?

Death, Deeds, and Descendants is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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