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A Century of Wealth in America. By Edward N. Wolff. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. xv, 865. $39.95, hardcover.

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A Century of Wealth in America. By Edward N. Wolff. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. xv, 865. $39.95, hardcover.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2018

Richard Sutch
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University of California
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 307 - 311
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