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Author Raden, Aja, author.

Title Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world / Aja Raden.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  739.2709 RAD    CHECK SHELVES
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary An account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history shares insights into the role of precious gemstones in triggering cultural movements, political dynasties, and wars, while exploring how jewels reflect darker aspects of human nature.
Contents Want : desire, delusion, and the scarcity effect. Keep the change : the beads that bought Manhattan ; Precedents are forever : the first diamond engagement ring ; The color of money : the emerald parrot, and the making and unmaking of the Spanish empire -- Take : obsessions, possessions, and the mechanics of war. The importance of being famous : the necklace that started the French Revolution ; Hello, sailor : how sibling rivalry and a really big pearl shaped the fate of nations ; The old shell game : the golden eggs that funded the Soviet start-up -- Have : industry, innovation, and the light at the end of the tunnel. The boss's string : pearl culture, cultured pearls, and Japan's race to modernity ; Timing is everything : World War I and the first wristwatch.
Subject Gems -- History.
Jewelry -- History.
ISBN 9780062334695
0062334697