The power of gold : the history of an obsession
Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of gold. From the past to the future, Bernstein's portrayal of gold is intimately linked to the character of humankind
Folklore
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9780470091029, 0470091029
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Prologue: The supreme possession
1. Get gold as 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. Strength and failure
16. Breaking the golden fetters
17. Tearing loose the golden anchor
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010