Plumes
Subtitle: ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce
By: Sarah Abrevaya Stein.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300127362
Subjects: Ostrich feather industry -- History; Jewish merchants -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the pursuit of plumes; title: The Cape of Southern Africa: Atlantic crossings; title: London: global feather hub; title: The trans-Saharan trade: Mediterranean connections; title: The American feather world; title: Conclusion: global stories.