Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal

Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal
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From the lost empires of the Sahara to todayâ€™s frenzied global gold rush, a blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold by the award-winning author of Diamond.

From the lost empires of the Sahara to todayâ€™s frenzied global gold rush, a blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold by Matthew Hart, the award-winning author of Diamond

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold skyrocketedâ€”in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike drove an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the Gold Rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed author Matthew Hart takes you on an unforgettable journey around the world and through history to tell the extraordinary story of how gold became the worldâ€™s most precious commodity.

Beginning with a page-turning dispatch from the crime-ridden inferno of the worldâ€™s deepest mine, Hart pulls back to survey goldâ€™s tempestuous past. From the earliest civilizations, 6,000 years ago, when gold was an icon of sacred and kingly power, Hart tracks its evolution, through conquest, murder, and international mayhem, into the speculative casino-chip that the metal has become. Hart describes each boom and bust in goldâ€™s long story, culminating in the swift and startling emergence of China as the worldâ€™s new gold titan. In writing that Publishers Weekly calls â€œpolished and fiery,â€ Hart weaves together history and cutthroat economics to reveal the human dramas that have driven our lust for a precious yellow metal.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
Height 9
Length 6
Weight 1.005
Width 1
ReleaseDate 2013-12-03
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
Height	9
Length	6
Weight	1.005
Width	1
ReleaseDate	2013-12-03
NumberOfItems	1

Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal

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