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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stein, Sarah Abrevaya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Ostrich feather industry > History.
Jewish merchants > History.
Plumes d'autruche > Industrie > 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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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