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The Power of Gold, With New Foreword [electronic resource] : the History of an Obsession / Peter L. Bernstein.

Bernstein, Peter L. (Author). Volcker, Paul A. (Added Author).

Summary:

The new edition of this bestselling book reveals a record of human nature in the ubiquity of gold In this exciting book, the late Peter L. Bernstein tells the story of history's most coveted, celebrated, and inglorious asset: gold. From the ancient fascinations of Moses and Midas through the modern convulsions caused by the gold standard and its aftermath, gold has led many of its most eager and proud possessors to a bad end. And while the same cycle of obsession and desperation may reverberate in today's fast-moving, electronically-driven markets, the role of gold in shaping human history is t.

Record details

ISBN: 9781118285220 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1118285220 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781118282694 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1118282698 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Hoboken [N. J.] : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Supreme Possession; A Metal for all Seasons; 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; The Path to Triumph; 10. The Fatal Poison and Private Money.

11. The Asian Necropolis and Hien Tsung's Inadvertent Innovation12. 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; The Descent from Glory; 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; Bibliography; Index.

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