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050 00 $aGR 810$bB47 2000
100 1 $aBernstein, Peter L.
245 14 $aThe power of gold :$bthe history of an obsession /$cPeter L. Bernstein.
260 $aNew York :$bJohn Wiley,$cc2000.
300 $axiv, 432 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-407) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: The Supreme Possession -- A Metal for All Seasons -- Get Gold at All Hazards -- Midas's Wish and the Creatures of Pure Chance -- Darius's Bathtub and the Cackling of the Geese -- The Symbol and the Faith -- Gold, Salt, and the Blessed Town -- The Legacy of Eoba, Babba, and Udd -- The Great Chain Reaction -- The Disintegrating Age and the Kings' Ransoms -- The Sacred Thirst -- The Path to Triumph -- The Fatal Poison and Private Money -- The Asian Necropolis and Hien Tsung's Inadvertent Innovation -- The Great Recoinage and the Last of the Magicians -- The True Doctrine and the Great Evil -- The New Mistress and the Cursed Discovery -- The Badge of Honor -- The Most Stupendous Conspiracy and the Endless Chain -- The Descent From Glory -- The Norman Conquest -- The End of the Epoch -- The Transcending Value -- World War Eight and the Thirty Ounces of Gold -- Epilogue: The Supreme Possession?.
650 0 $aGold$vFolklore.
650 0 $aGold$xHistory.
650 0 $aGold$xSocial aspects.
948 $a06/05/2001$b06/20/2001
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