num_pages: 276
description: How do the wealthiest families, who seem to stay at the top for generations, build and maintain their positions? Examples of the family and the larger community's customs that enhance the preservation and transmission of a heritage illustrate the paradoxically quasi-collective nature of private fortunes.
language: English
title: Grand Fortunes: Dynasties of Wealth in France
titlecomplete: Grand Fortunes: Dynasties of Wealth in France
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Algora Publishing