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Plumes : ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce
- Title
- Plumes : ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce / Sarah Abrevaya Stein.
- Author
- Stein, Sarah Abrevaya.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 244 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The thirst for exotic ornament among fashionable women in the metropoles of Europe and America prompted a bustling global trade in ostrich feathers that flourished from the 1880s until the First World War. When feathers fell out of fashion with consumers, the result was an economic catastrophe for many, a worldwide feather bust. The authors draws on rich archival materials to bring to light the prominent and varied roles of Jews in the feather trade.
- Subject
- Note
- Map on endpapers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-227) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The pursuit of plumes -- The Cape of Southern Africa : Atlantic crossings -- London : global feather hub -- The trans-Saharan trade : Mediterranean connections -- The American feather world -- Conclusion: Global stories.
- Call Number
- *PVT 12-412
- ISBN
- 9780300127362 (alk. paper)
- 0300127367 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008031753
- OCLC
- 223871501
- Author
- Stein, Sarah Abrevaya.
- Title
- Plumes : ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce / Sarah Abrevaya Stein.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-227) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PVT 12-412