Economic wealth and political power in the second gilded age

Geographies of the Super-Rich

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 26-42

  Short, John Rennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 84881778647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857935694.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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