Plumes [electronic resource] : ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce / Sarah Abrevaya Stein.
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: xii, 244 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 382/.438524 22
- HD9429.F4 S84 2008eb
Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-227) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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