The Power of Gold, Large edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
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This absorbing epic begins with the magical, religious and artistic significance of gold, progressing to the invention of coinage, the transformation of gold into money and eventually to the gold standard. The more important gold became as an economic tool, the more loudly it spoke of power - even more loudly than when it served as an entry to Heaven or a symbol of omnipotence. Finally, the book confronts the future of gold in a world where it appears to have been relegated to the periphery of financial sector.From the Bible, through the Gold Rush era to modern day Fort Knox and beyond, unforgettable characters stride through these pages. Contemplate gold from the diverse perspectives of monarchs and money makers, potentates and politicians, men of legendary wealth and others of more plebeian beginnings: from Asia Minor's King Croesus, Rome's noted speculator Crassus, and Byzantine emperors, through Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus Francisco Pizarro, Richard I, Charlemagne and Isaac Newton to the Forty-Niners, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, John Maynard Keynes and Richard Nixon.Whether it is Egyptian pharaohs, the luxury-mad survivors of the Black Death, the Chinese inventor of paper money, the pirates on the Spanish Main, or the hardnosed believers in the international gold standard, gold has been the supreme possession. It has been an icon for greed and an emblem of rectitude, as well as a vehicle for vanity and a badge of power that has shaped the destiny of humanity through the ages.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Power of Gold, Large edition “
Prologue: The Supreme Possession1. 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. Strength and Failure
16. Breaking the Golden Fetters
17. Tearing Loos e the Golden Anchor
Bibliography
Index
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter L. Bernstein
- 2004, 1. Auflage., 290 Seiten, 120 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 25,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470091002
- ISBN-13: 9780470091005
Sprache:
Englisch
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