Egalitarianism and the generation of inequality

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
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1988, 1988
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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:x, 552 p. ill
ISBN:9780191596773