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Geographies of the Super-Rich
Edited by Iain Hay
This timely and path-breaking book brings together a group of distinguished and emerging international scholars to critically consider the geographical implications of the world’s super-rich, a privileged yet remarkably overlooked group.
Monograph Book
- Published in print:
- 29 Mar 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780857935687
- eISBN:
- 9780857935694
- Pages:
- 240
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- Geographies of the Super-Rich
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword: From Kosrae to Kensington: uncovering cartographies of abundance
- Chapter 1: Establishing geographies of the super-rich: axes for analysis of abundance
- Chapter 2: Economic wealth and political power in the second Gilded Age
- Chapter 3: Overseeing the fortunes of the global super-rich: the nature of private wealth management in London’s financial district
- Chapter 4: ‘The world needs a second Switzerland’: onshoring Singapore as the liveable city for the super-rich
- Chapter 5: ‘Super-rich’ Irish property developers and the Celtic Tiger economy
- Chapter 6: The homes of the super-rich: multiple residences, hyper-mobility and decoupling of prime residential housing in global cities
- Chapter 7: A study of the dominance of the super-wealthy in London’s West End during the nineteenth century
- Chapter 8: The elite countryside: shifting rural geographies of the transnational super-rich
- Chapter 9: The super-rich, horses and the transformation of a rural landscape in Kentucky
- Chapter 10: The sport of kings, queens, sheikhs and the super-rich: thoroughbred breeding and racing as leisure for the super-rich
- Chapter 11: Making art history – wealthy private collectors and contemporary visual art
- Chapter 12: Islanders, immigrants and millionaires: the dynamics of upper-class segregation in St Barts, French West Indies
- Index
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- Published:
- 29 March 2013
- Category:
- Monograph Chapter
- Pages:
- vii (1 total)
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2013
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- Geographies of the Super-Rich
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword: From Kosrae to Kensington: uncovering cartographies of abundance
- Chapter 1: Establishing geographies of the super-rich: axes for analysis of abundance
- Chapter 2: Economic wealth and political power in the second Gilded Age
- Chapter 3: Overseeing the fortunes of the global super-rich: the nature of private wealth management in London’s financial district
- Chapter 4: ‘The world needs a second Switzerland’: onshoring Singapore as the liveable city for the super-rich
- Chapter 5: ‘Super-rich’ Irish property developers and the Celtic Tiger economy
- Chapter 6: The homes of the super-rich: multiple residences, hyper-mobility and decoupling of prime residential housing in global cities
- Chapter 7: A study of the dominance of the super-wealthy in London’s West End during the nineteenth century
- Chapter 8: The elite countryside: shifting rural geographies of the transnational super-rich
- Chapter 9: The super-rich, horses and the transformation of a rural landscape in Kentucky
- Chapter 10: The sport of kings, queens, sheikhs and the super-rich: thoroughbred breeding and racing as leisure for the super-rich
- Chapter 11: Making art history – wealthy private collectors and contemporary visual art
- Chapter 12: Islanders, immigrants and millionaires: the dynamics of upper-class segregation in St Barts, French West Indies
- Index