As gods among men : a history of the rich in the West
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023
Abstract:
The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act 'as gods among men’; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth central to discussions of inequality. In this book, Guido Alfani offers a history of the rich and super-rich in the West, examining who they were, how they accumulated their wealth and what role they played in society. Covering the last thousand years, with frequent incursions into antiquity, and integr ...; [read all]
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| Description | As gods among men : a history of the rich in the West / Guido Alfani. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023. - XII, 420 p. ; 24 cm. |
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