Billionaire wilderness : the ultra-wealthy and the remaking of the American West

Farrell, Justin, 1983- author.

Book 2020

"Billionaire Wilderness offers an unprecedented look inside the world of the ultra-wealthy and their relationship to the natural world, showing how the ultra-rich use nature to resolve key predicaments in their lives. Justin Farrell immerses himself in Teton County, Wyoming--both the richest county in the United States and the county with the nation's highest level of income inequality--to investigate interconnected questions about money, nature,...

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:

Billionaires Political activity West (U.S.)

Billionaires West (U.S.) Social life and customs

Environmental ethics West (U.S.)

Environmental policy West (U.S.)

Social conflict West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) Economic conditions

West (U.S.) Environmental conditions

Part of a Series:

Princeton studies in cultural sociology

View technical details & catalog information

ISBN:

9780691176673

Description:

xii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-367) and index

Contents:

Introduction: setting off into the wilderness
Part I. How we got here and what it feels like
New nation of the ultra-wealthy
Mount billionaire
Part II. Using nature to solve economic dilemmas
Compensation conservation
Connoisseur conservation
Gilded green philanthropy
Moneyfest destiny
Part III. Using rural people to solve social dilemmas
Becoming rural poor, naturally
Guilt numbed
Part IV. Ultra-wealth through the eyes of the working poor
No time for judgment
Cracking the veneer
Epilogue: the future of wealth and the west

LCCN:

2019053009

Control Number:

3263886

View in Classic Catalog