The Gender of Capital

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The Gender of Capital is written by Céline Bessière and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674292804 (ISBN 10) and 9780674292802 (ISBN 13).

In countries with officially egalitarian property law, women still accumulate less wealth than men. Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital explains how and why women of all classes are economically disadvantaged at crucial junctures in family life such as divorce, inheritance, and succession.