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Stoned - Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World (Paperback)
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Stoned - Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 2 290
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As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey
through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore
precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless?
And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of
how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and
scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story
about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of
human desire. What moves the world is what moves each of us:
desire. Jewelry-which has long served as a stand-in for wealth and
power, glamor and success-has birthed cultural movements, launched
political dynasties, and started wars. Masterfully weaving together
pop science and history, Stoned breaks history into three
categories-Want, Take, and Have-and explains what the diamond on
your finger has to do with the GI Bill, why green-tinted jewelry
has been exalted by so many cultures, why the glass beads that
bought Manhattan for the Dutch were initially considered a fair
trade, and how the French Revolution started over a coveted
necklace. Studded with lively personalities and fascinating
details, Stoned tells the remarkable story of our abiding desire
for the rare and extraordinary.
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