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Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West

Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West

Justin Farrell
Justin Farrell's sociology of Teton County, Wyoming — the wealthiest county in America and a case study in what happens when the ultra-rich buy the landscape. Conservation as class privilege. Wilderness as real estate. A book that will make you uncomfortable.
Culture & Place Ecology & Conservation Narrative Nonfiction Rocky Mountains
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Publisher Princeton University Press
Published 2020
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