In this exciting new book, Peter L. Bernstein, who chronicled the evolution of risk in his recent bestseller, Against the Gods, tells the story of history′s most coveted, celebrated, and inglorious asset: gold. From the ancient fascinations of Moses and Midas through the modern convulsions caused by the gold standard and its aftermath, gold has led many of its most eager and proud possessors to a bad end. Gold had them, rather than the other way around. And while the same cycle of obsession and desperation may reverberate in today′s fast–moving, electronically–driven stock markets, the role of gold in shaping human history is the striking feature of this tumultuous tale. Such is the power of gold. This fascinating account begins with the magical, religious, and artistic qualities of gold and progresses to the invention of coinage, the transformation of gold into money, and the gold standard. The more important gold becomes as money, the more loudly it speaks of power––even more loudly than when it served as an entry to Heaven or a symbol of omnipotence. Ultimately, the book confronts the future of gold in a world where it appears to have been relegated to the periphery of global finance. From the Bible to the Gold Rush era to modern day Fort Knox and beyond, unforgettable characters stride through these pages. Contemplate gold from the diverse perspectives of monarchs and moneyers, potentates and politicians, men of legendary wealth and others of more plebeian beginnings; from Asia Minor′s King Croesus to Rome′s noted speculator Crassus, to Byzantine emperors and humble miners, Venice′s Marco Polo and Spain′s Francisco Pizarro, to Charlemagne and Charles de Gaulle, Richard I and Richard Nixon, Isaac Newton and Winston Churchill, Britain′s economists David Ricardo and John Maynard Keynes, and Christopher Columbus and the Forty–Niners. Perhaps most remarkable are the frantic speculators who pushed gold to $850.00 an ounce in 1980 just as their counterparts twenty years later drove Internet stocks to exorbitant heights. Whether it is Egyptian pharaohs with depraved tastes, the luxury–mad survivors of the Black Death, the Chinese inventor of paper money, the pirates on the Spanish Main, or the hardnosed believers in the international gold standard like the United States′ President Herbert Hoover, gold has been the supreme possession. It has been an icon for greed and an emblem of rectitude, as well as a vehicle for vanity and a badge of power that has shaped the destiny of humanity through the ages. As Bernstein muses, "The joke is that nothing is as useless and useful all at the same time." Far more than a tale of romantic myths, daring explorations, and the history of money and power struggles, The Power of Gold suggests that the true significance of this infamous element may lie in the timeless passions it continues to evoke, and what this reveals about ourselves.
黃金的魔力 Peter Bernstein (2000): The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, New York: Wiley & Sons。彼得․伯恩斯坦:《黃金的魔力》,台北:商周出版,2002年,517頁。 漢人的習俗裡,長輩與諸親友給新生嬰兒的禮物,最常見的就是黃金:...
评分黃金的魔力 Peter Bernstein (2000): The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, New York: Wiley & Sons。彼得․伯恩斯坦:《黃金的魔力》,台北:商周出版,2002年,517頁。 漢人的習俗裡,長輩與諸親友給新生嬰兒的禮物,最常見的就是黃金:...
评分黃金的魔力 Peter Bernstein (2000): The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, New York: Wiley & Sons。彼得․伯恩斯坦:《黃金的魔力》,台北:商周出版,2002年,517頁。 漢人的習俗裡,長輩與諸親友給新生嬰兒的禮物,最常見的就是黃金:...
评分黃金的魔力 Peter Bernstein (2000): The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, New York: Wiley & Sons。彼得․伯恩斯坦:《黃金的魔力》,台北:商周出版,2002年,517頁。 漢人的習俗裡,長輩與諸親友給新生嬰兒的禮物,最常見的就是黃金:...
评分黃金的魔力 Peter Bernstein (2000): The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, New York: Wiley & Sons。彼得․伯恩斯坦:《黃金的魔力》,台北:商周出版,2002年,517頁。 漢人的習俗裡,長輩與諸親友給新生嬰兒的禮物,最常見的就是黃金:...
这本书的叙事技巧简直令人叹为观止。作者对情节的掌控力,就像一位技艺高超的指挥家,将不同的线索巧妙地编织在一起,时而磅礴大气,时而细腻入微。我特别欣赏其中对人物内心世界的深入挖掘,那些复杂的情感纠葛,那些在道德边缘徘徊的抉择,都刻画得入木三分。读到那些关键转折点时,我甚至能感觉到自己的心跳随之加速,那种身临其境的代入感,实在难得。更难能可贵的是,它没有陷入传统叙事中常见的套路,总能在意想不到的地方给予读者惊喜,每一次翻页都充满了对后续发展的强烈期待。文字的运用也极其考究,时而如诗般优美,时而如刀般犀利,这种语言上的张力和美感,极大地提升了阅读的愉悦度。可以说,光是沉浸在这些文字构建的世界里,本身就是一种享受,让我暂时忘记了现实中的种种烦扰,完全被故事的魅力所俘获。
评分这本书的结构安排非常大胆,采用了非线性的叙事方式,时间线索在过去、现在和似乎是未来的片段中不断跳跃,这对读者的专注力提出了相当高的要求。起初,我花了大量的精力去拼凑这些散落的碎片,试图理解事件之间的内在逻辑联系。但一旦掌握了作者构建的这种独特的“拼图”模式,那种豁然开朗的成就感是无与伦比的。这种叙事策略不仅避免了故事的平铺直叙,更重要的是,它营造出一种强烈的宿命感和历史的厚重感,让读者真切感受到时间洪流对个体命运的无可抗拒。这种叙事上的挑战性,反而成了吸引我不断探索下去的强大驱动力,仿佛每一次成功地理解了一个复杂的转折点,都是一次智力上的胜利。
评分坦白说,我最初对这类题材抱持着一丝保留,总觉得深度难以兼顾。然而,这本书彻底颠覆了我的预设。它绝非那种浮光掠影的快餐读物,其内在蕴含的哲学思辨和对人性深层结构的探讨,着实令人深思。作者似乎毫不避讳地触及了一些尖锐的社会议题,但处理得极其老练,没有生硬的说教,而是将这些思考巧妙地融入了人物的命运和故事的走向之中。每一次的阅读体验,都像是在与一位饱经风霜的智者进行对话,不断被新的观点和视角所启发。它迫使我去审视自己过往的一些既定观念,引发了持续性的自我反思,这对于我来说,是阅读能给予的最高价值之一。这本书的价值,远超出了提供一个引人入胜的故事本身,它更像是一面镜子,折射出我们自身,以及我们所处的时代的复杂性。
评分我必须指出,这本书的配乐或“氛围营造”能力达到了电影级别的效果。虽然它只是一本文字构成的作品,但作者的文字画面感极强,我完全可以在脑海中清晰地“听”到那些场景的声音。无论是古老图书馆里羊皮纸翻动的微弱声响,还是异域集市上喧嚣杂乱的人声鼎沸,乃至关键时刻那令人窒息的寂静,都描绘得丝丝入扣。这种感官上的丰富性,使得阅读过程不再是单纯的视觉输入,而是一种多维度的沉浸体验。尤其是作者对环境光线和气味的描摹,精准到位,让我仿佛能闻到雨后泥土的气息或是旧物堆积的霉味。这种高超的氛围构建能力,让这部作品在众多优秀作品中脱颖而出,留下了深刻的“现场感”记忆。
评分从装帧设计和排版来看,出版方的用心程度也值得称赞。厚重而富有质感的纸张,拿在手里就有一种庄重感,这与书中所承载的厚重内容相得益彰。行距和字号的设置也十分合理,长时间阅读下来,眼睛的疲劳感明显降低,这对于一本篇幅可观的作品来说至关重要。我发现自己会不自觉地放慢阅读速度,去品味每一个精心设计的段落结构——那些为了强调某个重要概念而刻意留出的空白,那些将对话与环境描写完美融合的段落过渡,都体现了出版制作层面对文字艺术的尊重。阅读体验的提升往往是潜移默化的,但在这本书上,这种物理上的舒适感与精神上的满足感达到了罕见的和谐统一,让人愿意长时间沉浸其中,细细摩挲每一个细节。
评分最后还是决定给3星,更多是对黄金的评论而非史实,当然我这么觉得可能也是因为我现在对史实的了解远多于之前看Bernstein的时候
评分最后还是决定给3星,更多是对黄金的评论而非史实,当然我这么觉得可能也是因为我现在对史实的了解远多于之前看Bernstein的时候
评分最后还是决定给3星,更多是对黄金的评论而非史实,当然我这么觉得可能也是因为我现在对史实的了解远多于之前看Bernstein的时候
评分最后还是决定给3星,更多是对黄金的评论而非史实,当然我这么觉得可能也是因为我现在对史实的了解远多于之前看Bernstein的时候
评分最后还是决定给3星,更多是对黄金的评论而非史实,当然我这么觉得可能也是因为我现在对史实的了解远多于之前看Bernstein的时候
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