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Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
$55.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery
What does the diamond on your finger have to do with the GI Bill? Why is green-tinted jewelry exalted by so many cultures? Why were the glass beads that bought Manhattan for the Dutch initially considered a fair trade? And how did a coveted necklace start the French Revolution? In this delightful accoun ...Show more
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
$28.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery
As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of ...Show more
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