The Resource Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world, Aja Raden
Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world, Aja Raden
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The item Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world, Aja Raden represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- The importance of being famous: the necklace that started 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
- The boss's string: pearl culture, cultured pearls, and Japan's race to modernity
- Timing is everything: World War I and the first wristwatch
- Afterword: Valuables
- Isbn
- 9780062334695
- Label
- Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world
- Title
- Stoned
- Title remainder
- jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Aja Raden
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Raden, Aja
- Dewey number
- 739.2709
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- NK5550
- LC item number
- .R33 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gems
- Jewelry
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world, Aja Raden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (various pages)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- The importance of being famous: the necklace that started 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 -- The boss's string: pearl culture, cultured pearls, and Japan's race to modernity -- Timing is everything: World War I and the first wristwatch -- Afterword: Valuables
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062334695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color, portrait
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn930272324
- (Sirsi) o930272324
- (OCoLC)930272324
- Label
- Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world, Aja Raden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (various pages)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- The importance of being famous: the necklace that started 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 -- The boss's string: pearl culture, cultured pearls, and Japan's race to modernity -- Timing is everything: World War I and the first wristwatch -- Afterword: Valuables
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062334695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color, portrait
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn930272324
- (Sirsi) o930272324
- (OCoLC)930272324
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