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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 384
Utgivningsdatum: 2007-04-01
Upplaga: New ed
Förlag: Disinformation Company
Illustratör/Fotograf: ports Illustrations
Illustrationer: Illustrations, ports.
Dimensioner: 225 x 150 x 23 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
ISBN: 9781932857603

Rare, romantic, and forever: The diamond industry depends on these myths to reap billions of dollars of profit. This sensational investigation explodes such fallacies and reveals how multimillion dollar advertising campaigns create the impression of rarity and romance. It reveals, too, a very secret and unromantic world, one that is dominated and controlled by a handful of mighty corporations. Taking us through seven decades of intrigue and manipulation that span the globe, Janine Roberts has written the most expansive and explosive expose ever on diamonds including revelations such as how De Beers hides away rich diamond deposits and where some of these are located and just how diamonds are "fixed" to make them more expensive.

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"'Brides-to-be hoping for a diamond engagement ring are advised to keep Glitter & Greed out of their fiances' hands' Boston Globe"

Janine Roberts is a distinguished British journalist, television producer and writer. Glitter & Greed, her fourth book, took over fifteen years to research. She has also initiated, researched and produced investigative human rights television programs for major international broadcasters, including a highly acclaimed BBC/WGBH feature-length documentary, The Diamond Empire