Billionaire Wilderness

Billionaire Wilderness
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9780691217123
ISBN-13 : 0691217122
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Billionaire Wilderness by : Justin Farrell

"Billionaire Wilderness offers an unprecedented look inside the world of the ultra-wealthy and their relationship to the natural world, showing how the ultra-rich use nature to resolve key predicaments in their lives. Justin Farrell immerses himself in Teton County, Wyoming--both the richest county in the United States and the county with the nation's highest level of income inequality--to investigate interconnected questions about money, nature, and community in the twenty-first century. Farrell draws on three years of in-depth interviews with "ordinary" millionaires and the world's wealthiest billionaires, four years of in-person observation in the community, and original quantitative data to provide comprehensive and unique analytical insight on the ultra-wealthy. He also interviewed low-income workers who could speak to their experiences as employees for and members of the community with these wealthy people. He finds that the wealthy leverage nature to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder, and they use their engagement with nature and rural people as a way of creating more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Billionaire Wilderness demonstrates that our contemporary understanding of the relationship between the ultra-wealthy and the environment is empirically shallow, and our reliance on reports of national economic trends distances us from the real experiences of these people and their local communities"--

Wyoming's Wealth

Wyoming's Wealth
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105037077612
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Wyoming's Wealth by : Bill Bragg

The Wyoming State Constitution

The Wyoming State Constitution
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9780199917563
ISBN-13 : 0199917566
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wyoming State Constitution by : Robert B. Keiter

The history of the Wyoming Constitution -- The Wyoming Constitution and commentary

Pushed Off the Mountain, Sold Down the River

Pushed Off the Mountain, Sold Down the River
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0943972736
ISBN-13 : 9780943972732
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Pushed Off the Mountain, Sold Down the River by : Samuel Western

Political, economic history of Wyoming.

The Color of Wealth

The Color of Wealth
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Publisher : The New Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781595585622
ISBN-13 : 1595585621
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Color of Wealth by : Barbara Robles

For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? The Color of Wealth lays bare a dirty secret: for centuries, people of color have been barred by laws and by discrimination from participating in government wealth-building programs that benefit white Americans. This accessible book—published in conjunction with one of the country's leading economics education organizations—makes the case that until government policy tackles disparities in wealth, not just income, the United States will never have racial or economic justice. Written by five leading experts on the racial wealth divide who recount the asset-building histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans, this book is a uniquely comprehensive multicultural history of American wealth. With its focus on public policies—how, for example, many post–World War II GI Bill programs helped whites only—The Color of Wealth is the first book to demonstrate the decisive influence of government on Americans' net worth.

A Taste of Wyoming

A Taste of Wyoming
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Publisher : Farcountry Press
Total Pages : 149
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ISBN-10 : 9781560374589
ISBN-13 : 1560374586
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis A Taste of Wyoming by : Pamela Sinclair

A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State is a divine blend of Wyoming's rich culinary heritage and contemporary cuisine. This exquisite cookbook features sophisticated interpretations of Western dishes from Wyoming's finest restaurants, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts, as well as classic Cowboy State favorites. Take a seat at the table for mouthwatering Western cuisine: Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls, Pine Nut-Crusted Goat Cheese, Warm Green Bean Salad, New West Clam Chowder, Lamb Ossobucco, Brandied Apricot-Stuffed Pork Loin with Port Wine Glaze, Pan-Fried Rocky Mountain Trout with Hazelnut Butter, Sour Cream Cherry Pie, and Wild Huckleberry Muffins with Orange Glaze. Complementing the delectable recipes and gorgeous photographs are excerpts from the works of Wyoming writers and delightful historical images. Author Pamela Sinclair has struck a culinary chord with Wyomingites, according to Wyoming author Alyson Hagy, who writes in the foreword, "Sinclair has discovered a knotty little Western secret. She has toured our kitchens and our stubborn gardens and our memories. She has listened to the way our stomachs growl before we head off on a brisk hike or after we've spent a twilight hour shoveling snow. She knows our hearts are half-hitched to our dinner plates."

Explorer's Guide Wyoming

Explorer's Guide Wyoming
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Publisher : The Countryman Press
Total Pages : 362
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780881508901
ISBN-13 : 088150890X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Explorer's Guide Wyoming by : Alli Rainey

A guide to visiting Wyoming that provides information on sights, activities, green space, where to stay and eat, entertainment, shopping, and special events, and includes maps.

Rich States, Poor States

Rich States, Poor States
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 0982231520
ISBN-13 : 9780982231524
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Rich States, Poor States by : Arthur B. Laffer

Wyoming: A Bicentennial History

Wyoming: A Bicentennial History
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 227
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393301830
ISBN-13 : 0393301834
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Wyoming: A Bicentennial History by : Taft Alfred Larson

For centuries Wyoming was a land no one wanted--high, dry, and remote--more often a thoroughfare on the way to some place else than a final destination. The problem, explains T.A. Larson in this history, was people--and how to get them there.

Wyoming

Wyoming
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Publisher : Tin House Books
Total Pages : 222
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781947793538
ISBN-13 : 1947793535
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Wyoming by : JP Gritton

A Kirkus Best Fiction of 2019 Pick! A cross between Daniel Woodrell and Annie Proulx, Wyoming is about the stubborn grip of inertia and whether or not it is possible to live without accepting oneself. It’s 1988 and Shelley Cooper is in trouble. He’s broke, he’s been fired from his construction job, and his ex-wife has left him for their next door neighbor and a new life in Kansas City. The only opportunity on his horizon is fifty pounds of his brother’s high-grade marijuana, which needs to be driven from Colorado to Houston and exchanged for a lockbox full of cash. The delivery goes off without a hitch, but getting home with the money proves to be a different challenge altogether. Fueled by a grab bag of resentments and self punishment, Shelley becomes a case study in the question of whether it’s possible to live without accepting yourself, and the dope money is the key to a lock he might never find. JP Gritton’s portrait of a hapless aspirant at odds with himself and everyone around him is both tender and ruthless, and Wyoming considers the possibility of redemption in a world that grants forgiveness grudgingly, if at all.