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Gold offers a lively, critical look at the cultural history of the 'noblest' of metals, examining the history of gold broadly across many cultures and time periods: from controversies surrounding its religious use to its place in the history of colonialism to its modern role in science, gold has played so many roles that it is difficult to fasten the metal itself in one's sights.Together, the book and its many images explore perceptions, myths, stories and facts about gold over the centuries and across the world, providing compelling examples from history, art, literature and film and bringing the story up to the present, a time when the anxieties surrounding gold have changed, but the persistent lust for gold continues to produce new moral and physical perils.Product Identifiers
PublisherReaktion Books
ISBN-139781780235776
eBay Product ID (ePID)222363313
Product Key Features
SubjectGeography & Geosciences
Publication Year2016
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameGold: Nature and Culture
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael W. Phillips, Rebecca Zorach
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Width148 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichael W. Phillips, Rebecca Zorach
Series TitleEarth
TopicNatural Materials