Gospels of Wealth: How the Rich Portray Their Lives

by Paul G. Schervish, Ethan Lewis, Platon E. Coutsoukis

Book Overview

There is fascination and suspicion about the wealthy. Yet there is a dearth of material in which the wealthy speak for themselves about the meaning of their lives. Gospels of Wealth provides such narrative material. This book is a novel venture in social science. It is the first book to have a broad range of wealthy individuals recount their lives in detail, and, importantly, the first to formulate a sociology of wealth that goes beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275950948
• ISBN13: 9780275950941
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"