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Wealth in America. By Lisa Keister. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. x, 307. $59.59, cloth; $19.95, paper. Inheritance and Wealth in America. Edited by Robert K. Miller Jr. and Stephen J. McNamee. New York: Plenum Press, 1998. Pp. xiii, 226. $49.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2001

Edward N. Wolff
Edward N. Wolff
Affiliation:
New York University
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Abstract

The first of the two books, Wealth in America, fills an important gap in the recent literature on inequality in America. The most recent comprehensive treatment of wealth inequality in the United States is, perhaps, Robert Lampman's book, The Share of Top Wealth-Holders in National Wealth, 1922–56, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962). However, its coverage of wealth inequality ends in 1956.

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BOOK REVIEW
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 229 - 232
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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