Archive - General books on jewellery

The following titles have been noted by Jewellery History Today. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here.

Theory

Dirty Gold: How Activism Transformed the Jewelry Industry.

Michael John Bloomfield.

The MIT Press, Earth System Governance series, 2017, $30.

272 pages, hardback, 6 x 9 inches.

ISBN: 978-0262035781

The evolving perception of preciousness in the context of jewellery.

Denisa Ciernikova.

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, £41.

68 pages, paperback, 22.9 x 15.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-3848413645

Lässt sich Schmuck eher dem weiblichen oder dem männlichen Geschlecht zuordnen? Die Bedeutung des Schmuckes von den Anfängen bis heute: Eine vestimentäre Untersuchung.

Luisa Dietsch.

Grin Publishing, 2016.

24 pages, paperback, 14.8 x 21 cm .

ISBN: 978-3668219359

Is Jewelry Still a Craft?: The Role of Trust and Work Ethic in Jewelry Sector. The Case of Istanbul Grand Bazaar.

I Dem Rek.

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, £52.

152 pages, paperback, 22.9 x 15.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-3846523582

Hidden Gems. Jewellery Stories from the Saleroom.

Sarah Jue-Williams, Raymond Sancroft-Baker.

Unicorn Publishing Group, Nov. 2016, £40.

296 pages, hardback, 26.9 x 22.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-1910065969

Schmuck Und Sinn: Fragen und Antworten zum Phänomen Schmuck.

Anne-Barbara Knerr.

Books on Demand, 2009, €5.90.

72 pages, paperback, 12.5 x 20 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3837038583

Thinking Jewellery: On the Way Towards a Theory of Jewellery/Schmuck Denken: Unterwegs zu einer Theorie des Schmucks.

Wilhelm Lindemann.

Arnoldsche, May, 2011. £35. ISBN 978-3897903265. Bilingual edition.

Socio-Aesthetical Aspects of Gold Jewellery: An Anthropological Analysis.

N. Malik, A. Sultana.

LAP (Lambert Academic Publishing), Pakistan, 2012. £41. 84 pages, paperback, 22 x 15 cm. ISBN: 9783848422470.

Präsentation von Schmuck und Accessoires. Vom privaten Sammler zum öffentlichen Museum.

Keller Patrizia.

AV Akademikerverlag, 2016, €37.22.

52 pages, paperback, 15.2 x 22.9 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3639878622

Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gemstones and Jewellery.

Marcia Pointon.

Yale University Press, 2010. £45. ISBN 978-0300142785. JHT 10

Schmuckstücke: Eine brillante Lektüre [Jewellery in literature].

Joachim Rönneper.

Arachne Verlag, 2013, €18.

134 pages, paperback, 13.7 x 23.7 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3932005527

Gender and Jewelry: A Feminist Analysis.

Rebecca Ross Russell.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010, $26.99.

140 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 inches. ISBN: 978-1452882536

Schmuck - Zeichen am Körper.

Wilfried Seipel.

Oö. Landesmuseum/Linzer Inst. für Gestaltung, 1987.

53 pages, paperback, 26.8 x 21 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3854390510

Published in association with an exhibition at the Oö. Landesmuseum, Linz

Jewellery Matters.

Marjan Unger, Suzanne van Leeuwen.

Rijksmuseum/Nai010 publishers, 2017, €39.95.

640 pages, hardback, 14 x 19.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-9462083752. JHT 33

Making Trouble: Fighting for Fair Trade Jewellery.

Greg Valerio.

Lion Books, 2013, £8.99.

214 pages, paperback, 19.6 x 13 cm.

ISBN: 978-0745956039

Goldstruck: A Life Shaped by Jewellery.

Stephen Webster.

Salma Editions, 2015, £50.

400 pages, hardback, 21.6 x 26 cm.

ISBN: 978-0956873842

Jewellery: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases.

ICON Group International, Inc., 2010.

110 pages, paperback, 7 x 9 inches.

ISBN: 978-0546612844.

Anthology of uses of the word 'jewellery'

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