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Egalitarianism and the generation of inequality /

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Using the methods of reasoned history and comparative statistics, this work arrives at an assessment of egalitarianism. It traces the rise of egalitarianism from the Renaissance and Reformation onwards. A complementary approach is provided by a wide survey of actual distributions of income and wealt...

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Main Author: Brown, Henry Phelps, 1906-1994
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Equality > History.
Income distribution > History.
Wealth > History.
Égalité > Histoire.
Revenu > Répartition > Histoire.
Richesse > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Equality
Income distribution
Wealth
Einkommensverteilung
Geschichte
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
Egalité > Histoire.
Personal income > Distribution
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Using the methods of reasoned history and comparative statistics, this work arrives at an assessment of egalitarianism. It traces the rise of egalitarianism from the Renaissance and Reformation onwards. A complementary approach is provided by a wide survey of actual distributions of income and wealth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 552 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-539) and index.
ISBN:0198286481
9780198286486
9780191596773
0191596779
0191521523
9780191521522
9786611978266
6611978267
1281978264
9781281978264