Geographies of the Super-Rich

Edited by Iain Hay, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Emeritus, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia

‘The twelve chapters chart the global geography of the super-rich and provide an effective sociocultural framework for understanding and analyzing the practical economics of wealth at work, home, and play. In doing so, the authors articulate a new geography of abundance (p. 7) and globalization that heretofore has remained hidden behind the gates of country clubs, secure doors of skyboxes, and the confines of elite auction houses. . . In sum, the collection is solid and well thought out. Indeed, Hay has marshaled a collection that succinctly demonstrates the ways in which the culture, economics, and politics of the super-rich drive globalization.’

• Contents:Foreword: From Kosrae to Kensington: Uncovering Cartographies of AbundanceIain Hay 1. Establishing Geographies of the Super-Rich: Axes for Analysis of Abundance Iain Hay 2. Economic Wealth and Political Power in the Second Gilded AgeJohn Rennie Short 3. Overseeing the Fortunes of the Global Super-Rich: The Nature of Private Wealth Management in London’s Financial DistrictJonathan V. Beaverstock, Sarah J.E. Hall and Thomas Wainwright 4. ‘The World Needs a Second Switzerland’: Onshoring Singapore as the Liveable City for the Super-RichChoon-Piew Pow 5. ‘Super-Rich’ Irish Property Developers and the Celtic Tiger EconomyLaurence Murphy and Pauline McGuirk 6. The Homes of the Super-Rich: Multiple Residences, Hyper-mobility and Decoupling of Prime Residential Housing in Global CitiesChris Paris 7. A Study of the Dominance of the Super-Wealthy in London’s West End During the Nineteenth CenturyKathryn Wilkins 8. The Elite Countryside: Shifting Rural Geographies of the Transnational Super-RichMichael Woods 9. The Super-Rich, Horses and the Transformation of a Rural Landscape in KentuckySusan M. Roberts and Richard H. Schein 10. The Sport of Kings, Queens, Sheiks and the Super-Rich: Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing as Leisure for the Super-RichPhil McManus 11. Making Art History – Wealthy Private Collectors and Contemporary Visual ArtMelanie Fasche 12. Islanders, Immigrants and Millionaires: The Dynamics of Upper-Class Segregration in St. Barts, French West IndiesBruno Cousin and Sébastien ChauvinIndex