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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0470091002
ISBN-13: 9780470091005
Nov 2004
Publisher: Random House
304 pages
Illustrated
Language: English |
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Synopsis
In this history of humans' fascination with gold, the author discusses the ways in which the prized element has inspired artists to create, motivated political leaders to conquer foreign nations, and encouraged explorers to embark on dangerous expeditions. He also describes gold's physical properties, offering reasons why people all over the globe prefer gold to any other precious metal.
| Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 11.8 in | | Width: | 8.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 56.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "About one hundred years ago, John Ruskin told the story of a man who boarded a ship carrying his entire wealth in a large bag of gold coins."
Industry Reviews
"Over all, [Bernstein] provides a smooth, even entertaining rendering of the rise of gold from ornamental curiosity to its more potent incarnations--first as a store of wealth and symbol of power, then as money and finally as supreme arbiter and sovereign over even the most vaunted national economies. He's a good storyteller, practiced in the use of character and plot and conflict. That's a talent, not epidemic among economic historians, that he puts to rewarding purpose: for example, in an artful description of the baleful effects of blind adherence to the gold standard in Europe following World War I."
Abelson
"The first half of THE POWER OF GOLD contains some mistakes of fact, interpretation and emphasis, and some errors in Latin and Greek and Western and Oriental numismatics. Like Keynes's and many other economists' , Bernstein's is a modern mind which appears a little lost in remote ages and locations, and sometimes seems reluctant to admit them to the realm of fact. It is only with the invention of political economy in the 18th century and the widespread adoption of a gold standard in the 19th that he becomes comfortable with his material and his book gets interesting. It also has fewer mistakes."
London Review of Books - James Buchan (11/16/2000)
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