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100 1  Hart, Matthew,|d1945-|eauthor. 
245 10 Gold :|bthe race for the world's most seductive metal
       |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cMatthew Hart. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2013. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
511 1  Read by David Drummond. 
520    Since the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold has 
       skyrocketed-in three years, it has more than doubled from 
       $800 an ounce to $1,900. This massive spike kicked off 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 incredible story of how gold became the 
       world's most precious commodity. Beginning with a dispatch
       from the crime-ridden, dangerous inferno of the world's 
       deepest mine, Hart pulls back to survey gold'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. On this spellbinding journey, 
       you will witness the Spanish plunder of the New World, a 
       century of pillage that crushed the glittering Inca empire
       of the Andes and transferred its staggering wealth to 
       Europe. Hart describes each boom and bust in gold's long 
       story, each panic and shock, with a masterful storytelling
       hand, leading up to the present day-to the London vaults 
       that hold the multi-ton hoards of such shadowy investors 
       as the American gold fund called 'the Spider,' to the 
       amazing gold-rich bamboo forests of eastern Senegal, and 
       to the piratical carnival of theft that enlivens the 
       world's greatest gold-producing engine: China. With 
       writing described by Publishers Weekly as 'polished and 
       fiery,' Hart weaves together history and cutthroat 
       economics to reveal the human dramas that have driven our 
       lust for a precious yellow metal. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Gold|xHistory. 
650  0 Gold mines and mining|xHistory. 
650  0 Money|xHistory. 
700 1  Drummond, David|c(Narrator),|enarrator. 
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