Geographies of the Super-Rich

Geographies of the Super-Rich

Edited by Iain Hay

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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.

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Front Matter
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 Mar 2013

Print ISBN:: 9780857935687

eISBN:: 9780857935694

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857935694

Pages:: 240

Collection:: Social And Political Science 2013

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