Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world /: jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Aja Raden.
• Authors: Raden, Aja
• Contents: Part I: 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 -- Part II: 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 -- Part III: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 739.2709; History -- Social History; Gems -- History; Jewelry -- History; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Jewelry; Gems; Jewelry; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062334718; 0062334719
• Related ISBNs: 9780062334695; 0062334697
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; 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.