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“Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World (English Edition)”，作者：[Aja Raden]

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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 history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire.

What moves the world is what moves each of us: desire. Jewelry—which has long served as a stand-in for wealth and power, glamor and success—has birthed cultural movements, launched political dynasties, and started wars. Masterfully weaving together pop science and history, Stoned breaks history into three categories—Want, Take, and Have—and explains what the diamond on your finger has to do with the GI Bill, why green-tinted jewelry has been exalted by so many cultures, why the glass beads that bought Manhattan for the Dutch were initially considered a fair trade, and how the French Revolution started over a coveted necklace.

Studded with lively personalities and fascinating details, Stoned tells the remarkable story of our abiding desire for the rare and extraordinary.

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"Stoned is an intriguing take on world history with plenty of adornment and anecdote to entertain us along the way." ---Self Awareness --此文字指其他 kindle_edition 版本。

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Aja Raden studied ancient history and physics at the University of Chicago and, during that time, worked as the head of the auction division at famed House of Kahn Estate Jewelers. For more than seven years, Aja worked as a senior designer for Los Angeles-based fine jewelry company Tacori. She lives in California. --此文字指其他 kindle_edition 版本。

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ASIN : B00UG7YLVG
出版社 : Ecco; 第 Reprint 版 (2015年12月1日)
出版日期 : 2015年12月1日
语言 : 英语
文件大小 : 4298 KB
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YDM

Gems that changed the world.

2016年5月23日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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I picked up Aja Raden's Stoned expecting a history of jewelry and was pleasantly surprised to find an in-depth social history of how human perceptions of value, desire and innovation have shaped the modern world. She starts with the beads that bought Manhattan (and in doing so makes a compelling case that it might not have been quite the con we think of it today) and ends with the wristwatch and its role in making modern warfare, aviation, navigation and personal private time possible.

Raden divides the book into three main sections; Want, Take and Have. As someone who, once upon a time, pre-marriage, pre-children, pre-mortgage, had quite the jewel fetish, the first section, in which she links the idea of perceived scarcity to value, was particularly interesting. She calls out the great long con the De Beers diamond cartel ran, the Manhattan beads and the boom and bust of New World emeralds. The next section, Take, covers jewels in the making of Queen Elizabeth I, the diamond necklace of the French revolution and an American's invaluable assistance in funding the fledgling USSR. Cultured Pearls and writstwatches make up the last section.

The book is very, very well researched, Raden is a scientist as well a jeweler and scholar of ancient history, and while the book is well written, she uses toggles between a scholarly and colloquial tone quite a bit. She take odd turns of language (almost whedonesque) which will date the book, or at least this edition. Things like calling the women of the court of Versailles' mean girls', or someone 'doing a solid' for someone else. The first 100 or so pages, I found this quite jarring but by the the end of the book I found these phrases almost charming.

If you are looking for a history of jewelry this book is probably not what you're looking for. It's first and foremost a social history, but if you want a book on how human nature shaped and is continuing to shape the modern era then I recommend 'Stoned'.

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Jonathan Maas

An absolute Gem of a book

2017年12月9日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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An absolute Gem of a book

I loved this book.

What type of book is it though?

Is it a Yuval Noah Harari big picture look at humanity? Is it a Stacy Schiff event-based push through history? Or is it a subtly irreverent Mary Roach-type non-fiction book?

It's a little bit of all of these. I came in expecting a Harari-esque high-level overview of humanity and its conception of value, and though Aja Raden provides that - she definitely lapses into pure history.

Emeralds bring her into being able to show the fight between Spain and England. Faberge Eggs allow her to tell the tale of early 20th-century Russia.

De Beers? Haha - well that's its own chapter.

But though this book employs many different styles - like diamonds actually are - there is plenty to go around.

She begins with the New World, with the Dutch trading New York for beads, and then trading it again for a small rock in the middle of the ocean that was the only one that could make Nutmeg at the time.

She talks about Tulips, and then Marie Antoinette and a fight over a necklace. Antoinette is hapless but harmless, and the French Revolution decided to value her as the enemy.

She talks about a fight over jewelry and high Elizabeth and Spain shaped the world because of it.

She talks about Japan and Mikimoto making pearls - and how to manufacture an industry and a demand both.

In any case - I recommend this one. It meanders in style - but that can be a good thing. And watch out for the footnotes - some are citations, but wow - some are insightful, and some are hilarious.

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Georgia Hallman

I like the point made that value is perception

2016年2月29日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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This book will appeal to anyone who likes history and the behind the scenes history, too. I like the point made that value is perception. Though I'm not sure that the argument extends to pearls. The whole story of Mikimoto was entertaining. His goal was to make pearls available to every woman. But last time I checked pearls (and today they are all cultured) have retained their value, and I agree with the author, I most likely have never seen a real pearl. That said I used to know Ed Henderson, Head of Minerology at the Smithsonian (Natural History Museum). I had the priviledge few have experienced in seeing some of the jewels he was assigned to collect. There are drawers and drawers of donations from those in power.. like a exquisite emerald and diamond bracelet donated by a Tzar, and of course the more recognizable Hope Diamond. . I remember he pulled out a crown made of tourquoise. Ed put it on my head... it was heavy. It was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. I mention her because she is a prominent historical figure in the story of Marie Antoinette. My interest waned a little when I got to the story of watches, but over all it was entertaining and well researched. A fun read.

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tides24

Jewelry Changes History

2017年3月17日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表

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In the past, I've had occasion to take a chance on a book, not knowing if I would really like it, and ended up loving it. This is one of those books. (If you're interested, another is "Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3" by Robert Matzen). As a jewelry hound and a history buff, I was in hog heaven with this one. As I was reading, I was thinking how interesting it was, how fascinating the stories were. If you want to learn about Jewelry, History and Psychology, all written about with panache, and a dose of humor, this is the book for you. A chance well-taken.

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