Crass struggle [[electronic resource] ] : greed, glitz, and gluttony in a wanna-have world / / R.T. Naylor
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Naylor R. T. <1945->
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| Titolo: |
Crass struggle [[electronic resource] ] : greed, glitz, and gluttony in a wanna-have world / / R.T. Naylor
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (494 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 178 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Wealth - Social aspects | |
| Rich people - Conduct of life | |
| Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preamble: Bacchanalian adventures with the ultra-rich -- The gold-diggers: precious metal, poisoned chalice -- Vulgari: flawed beauty in the gemstones business -- Icecapades: the diamond's darker facets -- Sketchy business: on art connoisseurs and con artists -- The chiselers: from tomb-raider to curator -- The numismaniacs: when big modern money chases little old coins -- The winophiliacs: uncorking the secrets of the wine trade -- Puff artists: behind the smokescreen of high-end cigars -- Afishionados: on fishy business in the fishing business -- Jailbirds: if parrots could really talk ... -- The hunter-gatherer society: from law of the jungle to maw of the market -- Goring the tusk trade: mammoth task, toothless law? -- Coda: from class struggle to crass struggle. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crass struggle |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-8652-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452918203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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