Brilliance and fire : a biography of diamonds /: a biography of diamonds. ([2016])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Brilliance and fire : a biography of diamonds /: a biography of diamonds. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- Brilliance and fire : a biography of diamonds
- Further Information:
- Note: Rachelle Bergstein.
- Authors:
- Bergstein, Rachelle
- Contents:
- The buyers: how the American rich came to love diamonds -- The seekers: how one sickly Englishman took over the diamond industry -- The lovers: how young women came to expect diamond rings, part I -- The show-offs: how a single stone bewitched its owners, and captivated America -- The optimists: how the industry survived two World Wars and the Great Depression -- The sellers: how young women came to expect diamond rings, part II -- The queens: how Wallis Simpson earned her diamonds -- The stars: how an advertising agency got diamonds ready for their close-up -- The winners: how Elizabeth Taylor learned to speak Italian -- The meddlers: how little stones got big -- The inventors: how to make a diamond (and provoke De Beers) -- The illusionists: how the magicians protected their tricks -- The masters: how the Australians democratized diamonds -- The stunners: how tough guys started wearing diamonds -- The critics: how a global crisis changed the meaning of 'forever' -- The innovators: how to sell diamonds in a (more) enlightened world.
- Publisher Details:
- New York, NY : Harper
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects:
- 553.82
Design -- Fashion
Diamonds
Diamonds -- Social aspects
Diamond industry and trade -- History
Social Science -- Popular Culture
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780062323798
0062323792 - Related ISBNs:
- 0062323776
9780062323774 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.258120
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