Essays about: "probate inventories"
Found 3 essays containing the words probate inventories.
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1. Regional Wealth Inequality and Transformation of the Finnish Economy 1750-1900
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Concentration of wealth has received considerable attention in recent years, and research shows that it is not only a modern day phenomenon. This thesis contributes to the ongoing debate by presenting wealth inequality estimates for rural Finland from 1750 to 1900 in three regions – East, Southwest and North. READ MORE
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2. Cultural Materiality : The correlation between material and cultural capital in the late eighteenth century Stockholm elite burgher home
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : The eighteenth century saw the slow but steady rise of the middling classes to their nineteenth century social and cultural prominence, reinforced by a changing political landscape and the steadily increasing importance of the market. As the social and cultural power of the city burghers making up the majority of the middling classes grew, so did they start to consume in a manner to reflect to their new status in society. READ MORE
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3. Savings patterns during Finland's industrial take-off: Helsinki 1850-1900: Savings behaviour in a society without public social security schemes
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis analyzes household saving patterns during 1850-1900 in Finland’s capital city Helsinki by examining aggregate net wealth per age cohorts, as well as net wealth per social class - defined broadly as working, middle and upper class - for each age cohort. 1850-1900 corresponded to the first decades of Finland’s industrial revolution, and a phase when its credit market – and indeed Europe’s – was rapidly getting more sophisticated. READ MORE