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Both serious and highly entertaining, The Natural History of the Rich is a field guide like no other.
Richard Conniff sees the very rich as human, except more so; genetically identical to ordinary people, they nonetheless display exaggerated and extreme behaviours, a result of exposure to excessive resources. The very rich display all the hallmarks of a dominant animal: even at their most leisurely they show an extraordinary evolutionary urge to achieve and sustain status, prime habitat, reproductive success and wasteful display.
Conniff explains why Aristotle Onassis had the stools of his private bar covered with whale scrotums; why serial monogamy is seen as the key to business success by Donald Trump and Jean Paul Getty; and what the selective display of certain moths and butterflies, disguising themselves as everything from twigs to bird droppings, can reveal about the incognito rich, with their elaborate codes of references that only those deemed worthy can understand.
Richard Conniff sees the very rich as human, except more so; genetically identical to ordinary people, they nonetheless display exaggerated and extreme behaviours, a result of exposure to excessive resources. The very rich display all the hallmarks of a dominant animal: even at their most leisurely they show an extraordinary evolutionary urge to achieve and sustain status, prime habitat, reproductive success and wasteful display.
Conniff explains why Aristotle Onassis had the stools of his private bar covered with whale scrotums; why serial monogamy is seen as the key to business success by Donald Trump and Jean Paul Getty; and what the selective display of certain moths and butterflies, disguising themselves as everything from twigs to bird droppings, can reveal about the incognito rich, with their elaborate codes of references that only those deemed worthy can understand.
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Recensione:
"'This book . . . may change for ever our perception of the urge to make money.' " (Financial Times)
"'The Natural History of the Rich is clever, perceptive and unfailingly
interesting.'" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post)
"'Droll and delightful... Mr. Conniff's charm and fun-loving approach
make his book a pleasure from start to finish.'" (New York Sun)
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"'The Natural History of the Rich is clever, perceptive and unfailingly
interesting.'" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post)
"'Droll and delightful... Mr. Conniff's charm and fun-loving approach
make his book a pleasure from start to finish.'" (New York Sun)
A wonderfully witty and engaging investigation of the foibles and lifestyles of that most bizarre and fascinating of animal species - the very rich - presented in the context of animal behaviour and evolutionary psychology.
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- EditoreArrow
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 0099415674
- ISBN 13 9780099415671
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine352
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The Natural History Of The Rich
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Arrow
(2004)
ISBN 10: 0099415674
ISBN 13: 9780099415671
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR002192824
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