Brilliance and fire : a biography of diamonds /: a biography of diamonds. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.