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

Title: Plumes [electronic resource] : 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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Description

1 online resource (xii, 244 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Plumes (Online)

Alternative Title

Plumes (Online)

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Note

Map on endpapers.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-227) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

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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