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Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world /

Title:
Stoned : jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world /
Author:
Raden, Aja, author.
Format:
Book, Image
Institution:
MassArt
Contents:
Part I. Want : desire, delusion, and the scarcity effect. 1. Keep the change : the beads that bought Manhattan. 2. Precedents are forever : the first diamond engagement ring. 3. 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. 4. The importance of being famous : the necklace that started the French Revolution. 5. Hello, sailor : how sibling rivalry and a really big pearl shaped the fate of nations. 6. 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. 7. The boss's string : pearl culture, cultured pearls, and Japan's race to modernity. 8. Timing is everything : World War I and the first wristwatch.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
MassArt Main
NK5550 .R33 2015 – Available