Disinheritance and will contests as reciprocity and deviance: An empirical extension of Gouldner and Rosenfeld based on the wills of Providence, 1985

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-282

  Schwartz, T P ^a  

^a Social Research Services   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2000.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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