Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff /

The world is full of genuine fakes--the objects that fall into the space between things that are real and those that are not. Whether or not we think things are authentic is a matter of perspective. From stories of audacious forgeries to feats of technological innovation, historian Lydia Pyne explor...

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Main Author: Pyne, Lydia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
Series:Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 47.
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