Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
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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, 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 a troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative, socially as well as financially.
About the Author
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
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"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
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pub date:
2020-03-03
Length:
392 pages
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