As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West

By: Alfani, Guido

Book Overview

How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn't help) their communities in times of crisis

The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act 'as gods among men'; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth central to discussions of inequality. In this book, Guido Alfani offers a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691215731
• ISBN13: 9780691215730
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"