Death, Deeds, and Descendents
Death, Deeds, and Descendents

Author: Remi Clignet

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1351523449

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Clignet's analysis of inheritance patterns in modern America is the first sustained treatment of the subject by a sociologist. Clignet shows that even today inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. He examines what leads decedents to chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos) and how, in turn, the instrument chosen helps explain the extent and the form of inequalities in bequests, of a result of the gender or matrimonial status of the beneficiaries. The author's major is to identify and explain the most significant sources of variations in the amount and the direction of transfers of wealth after death in the United States. He uses two kinds of primary data: estate tax returns filed by a sample of male and female beneficiaries to estates in 1920 and 1944, representing two successive generations of estate transfers, and publicly recorded legal instruments such as wills and trusts. In addition, Clignet draws widely on secondary sources in the fields of anthropology, economics, and history. His findings reflect substantive and methodological concerns. The analysis underlines the need to rethink the sociology of generational bonds, as it is informed by age and gender. Death, Deeds, and Descendants underscores the variety of forms of inequality that bequests take and highlights the complexity of interrelations between the cultures of the decedents' nationalities and issues like occupation and gender. Inheritance is viewed as a way of illuminating the subtle tensions between continuity and change in American society. This book is an important contribution to the study of the relationship between sociology of the family and sociology of social stratification.

Death, Deeds and Descendants
Death, Deeds and Descendants

Author: Remi Clignet

Publisher:

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9783110136821

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Clignet's analysis of the processes of biological, economic, and cultural reproduction at work in inheritance patterns in modern America is the first sustained treatment by a sociologist. Using the concept of reproduction to organize his data, Clignet shows that even today inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. He examines how decedents chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos) and how, in turn, the instrument chosen contributes to explain the extent and the form of inequalities in bequests as a function of gender or matrimonial status of the beneficiaries. The author utilizes two kinds of primary data: the estate tax returns filed by a sample of male and female beneficiaries to estates in 1920 and 1944--representing two successive generations of estate transfers--and publicly recorded legal instruments such as wills and trusts. In addition, he draws widely on sources from secondary literature in the fields of anthropology, economics, and history. Clignet's book underscores the variety of forms of inequality that bequests take and highlights the complexity of interrelations between the cultures of the decedents' nationalities and issues like occupation and gender. Inheritance is viewed in long perspective as illustrative of the subtle tensions between continuity and change in American society. This book is an important contribution to the study of the relationship between sociology of the family and sociology of social stratification.

Death, Deeds, and Descendants
Death, Deeds, and Descendants

Author: Rémi Clignet

Publisher: AldineTransaction

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780202303987

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Clignet's analysis of the processes of biological, economic, and cultural reproduction at work in inheritance patterns in modern America is the first sustained treatment by a sociologist. Using the concept of reproduction to organize his data, Clignet shows that even today inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. He examines how decedents chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos) and how, in turn, the instrument chosen contributes to explain the extent and the form of inequalities in bequests as a function of gender or matrimonial status of the beneficiaries. The author utilizes two kinds of primary data: the estate tax returns filed by a sample of male and female beneficiaries to estates in 1920 and 1944--representing two successive generations of estate transfers--and publicly recorded legal instruments such as wills and trusts. In addition, he draws widely on sources from secondary literature in the fields of anthropology, economics, and history. Clignet's book underscores the variety of forms of inequality that bequests take and highlights the complexity of interrelations between the cultures of the decedents' nationalities and issues like occupation and gender. Inheritance is viewed in long perspective as illustrative of the subtle tensions between continuity and change in American society. This book is an important contribution to the study of the relationship between sociology of the family and sociology of social stratification.

The DOWNES or DOWNS FAMILY GENEALOGY
The DOWNES or DOWNS FAMILY GENEALOGY

Author:

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2004-09-02

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1435735102

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UPDATED! July 2010 with some family photos included in the book! There are two Chapters in this book Section A- Henry Downes of Maryland, and Section B: Ludowick Downs of Texas. Chapter Two covers Henry Downes & Lady Jane Douglas of Virginia and descendants. The states this line of Downs family is found is: Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. There is lots of DOWNES or DOWNS family history of the surname included. This book is complete with wills, cemetery records, census records, book research information, land deeds, and every scrap of information I could locate on the Downes or Downs family lines. Chapter Two family descendants traveled down and settled in the South Georgia area, Worth County, Georgia. This book is a must have if your surname is DOWNES or DOWNS.

Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden
Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden

Author: Ebenezer Alden

Publisher:

Published: 1867

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781789875683

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Produced in 1867, this memorial genealogy of the Alden family is valuable in the modern day for its deep research; it carefully charts eight generations from their common ancestor, Plymouth Colony founder John Alden. A superb example of genealogical research, this book meticulously lists and discusses the various Alden descendants through the centuries. Most of the profiles are short, simply noting the births, marriages, children, death and age at death of the various persons. Some however take care to include the accomplishments and distinguishing traits of certain Alden family members, such as their professions, noteworthy deeds and community influence, often through academic or church-related activities. Persons are sequentially numbered to aid reference. Given its age, this book is distinguished for citing sources which have since become obscure and very difficult to find. Family correspondences, notices in the local newspapers, various registry archives in the northeastern United States, plus a variety of miscellaneous papers, were referenced to achieve high accuracy. When information couldn't be found - for example, the first name or surname of a spouse - the book simply uses underscores to highlight the omission. For Alden descendants and general enthusiasts of genealogical research, this book excels as a resource.