Plumes : ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce /

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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 m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stein, Sarah Abrevaya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Ostrich feather industry > History.
Jewish merchants > History.
Plumes d'autruche > Industrie > Histoire.
Commerçants juifs > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
HISTORY > General.
Jewish merchants
Ostrich feather industry
Industry.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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