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Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

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  • Publisher:Princeton University Press (March 3, 2020)
  • Language:English
  • Hardcover:392 pages
  • ISBN-10:0691176671
  • ISBN-13:978-0691176673
  • Item Weight:1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions:6.5 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank:#287,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #63 in Income Inequality #284 in Sociology of Class #626 in Environmentalism
  • Customer Reviews:3.9 out of 5 stars 264Reviews
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Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
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Review

"Winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction, Western Writers of America"

"Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award in Adult Narrative Nonfiction"

"One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership"

"Excellent and inspiring."
---Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times

"One of the most fascinating and important portraits of modern American life."
---Dylan Schleicher, Porchlight

"This is the sort of book you didn’t know you needed until after you pick it up."
---Ryan Driskell Tate, Los Angeles Review of Books

"I just ordered the book
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West, on the strength of a recommendation by an architect friend who builds homes for the elite in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I’m only a chapter in, but I’m already fascinated by how conservation can become a way to salve guilt."---Rana Foroohar, Financial Times

Product Description

A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation

Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, oil magnates, and other prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the rural poor who live among the ultra-wealthy and often work for them. The result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the massive accrual of wealth, and an eye-opening and sometimes troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative―socially as well as financially.

Weaving unforgettable storytelling with thought-provoking analysis,
Billionaire Wilderness reveals how the ultra-wealthy are buying up the land and leveraging one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder. The affluent of Teton County are people burdened by stigmas, guilt, and status anxiety―and they appropriate nature and rural people to create more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Incisive and compelling, Billionaire Wilderness reveals the hidden connections between wealth concentration and the environment, two of the most pressing and contentious issues of our time.

Review

"Billionaire Wilderness is a thoroughly reported, measured account of what it's like to live in Wyoming's new Gilded Age, and a welcome addition to the national debate on the American West―what it's for, who it belongs to, and who gets to decide its future."―Nate Blakeslee, New York Times bestselling author of American Wolf

"This important and innovative book offers a rarely seen glimpse into the lives of the ultra-wealthy, exploring the ways in which they think about status, social inequality, privilege, and the environment in a context where all of these factors collide on a regular basis."
―David Naguib Pellow, author of Total Liberation: The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement

"Justin Farrell explores a bold new understanding of nature and people in America's wealthiest county. This startling, provocative, and respectful analysis of conservation and the Teton community will ignite important future scholarship. A must-read."
―Thomas E. Lovejoy, George Mason University

About the Author

Justin Farrell is associate professor of sociology at Yale University in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the author of the award-winning book The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict (Princeton). A native of Wyoming, he lives in New Haven and Denver. Website: justinfarrell.org Twitter @J_Farrell

 

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