Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World Paperback - 2016
by Aja Raden
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What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet expensive jewelry? 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. With sharp wit and a light touch, Raden weaves together history, science, and economics to explore our enduring love affair with beautiful things, and shows us that just like their glittering surfaces, jewels have a singular power to reflect our desires back to us and show us who we really are.
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- Title Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
- Author Aja Raden
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2016-11-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780062334701 / 0062334700
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Jewelry - History, Gems - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 739.270
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