Establishing geographies of the super-rich: Axes for analysis of abundance

Geographies of the Super-Rich

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-25

  Hay, Iain ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84881790404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857935694.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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