Passing On: Kinship and Inheritance in England

by Jennifer Mason and Janet Finch

Book Overview

Inheritance, once the preserve of the propertied upper classes, has become a much more common experience. Many more people now than in the past have something of material value to bequeath when they die, mainly because of the spread of home ownership during the second half of the twentieth century. Passing On examines what these changes can tell us about kinship in England, through a study of how contemporary families handle inheritance.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857282760
• ISBN13: 9781857282764
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"