Plumes. Ostrich feathers, Jews and a lost world of global commerce
Details:
- Author(s) Stein, Sarah A
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 244pp; illus
- Publisher Yale University Press
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Deals with international trade in ostrich feathers between c1860s and c1913 when market collapsed. Largely produced in Western Cape, South Africa, sold largely in London and re-exported to Europe and North America