Naylor, R. T.,  1945- <br/><br/>
Crass struggle  glitz, greed, and gluttony in a wanna-have world / 
R.T. Naylor. 
 - Montréal [Que. :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2011. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2012). 
 - 1 online resource (vi, 487 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773586529 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Wealth--Social aspects.<br/>Rich people--Conduct of life.<br/>Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB835  / .C737 2011