The power of gold : the history of an obsession / Peter L. Bernstein
- Bib ID:
- 2195102
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- Author:
- Bernstein, Peter L
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- New York : Wiley, c2000
- xiv, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0471252107 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
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"This account begins with the magical, religious, and artistic qualities of gold and progresses to the invention of coinage, the transformation of gold into money, and the gold standard. The more important gold becomes as money, the more loudly it speaks of power - even more loudly than when it served as an entry to Heaven or a symbol of omnipotence. Ultimately, the book confronts the future of gold in a world where it appears to have been relegated to the periphery of global finance." "From the Bible to the Gold Rush era to modern day Fort Knox and beyond, unforgettable characters stride through these pages."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Prologue: The Supreme Possession
- 1. Get Gold at All Hazards
- 2. Midas's Wish and the Creatures of Pure Chance
- 3. Darius's Bathtub and the Cackling of the Geese
- 4. The Symbol and the Faith
- 5. Gold, Salt, and the Blessed Town
- 6. The Legacy of Eoba, Babba, and Udd
- 7. The Great Chain Reaction
- 8. The Disintegrating Age and the Kings' Ransoms
- 9. The Sacred Thirst
- 10. The Fatal Poison and Private Money
- 11. The Asian Necropolis and Hien Tsung's Inadvertent Innovation
- 12. The Great Recoinage and the Last of the Magicians
- 13. The True Doctrine and the Great Evil
- 14. The New Mistress and the Cursed Discovery
- 15. The Badge of Honor
- 16. The Most Stupendous Conspiracy and the Endless Chain
- 17. The Norman Conquest
- 18. The End of the Epoch
- 19. The Transcending Value
- 20. World War Eight and the Thirty Ounces of Gold
- Epilogue: The Supreme Possession?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-407) and index.
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