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Sarah Abrevaya Stein PhD
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| #457082 in eBooks | 2008-11-25 | 2008-11-25 | File type: PDF||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Feathers and Folly|By Rob Hardy|Why is it that diamonds are regarded as high value and feathers are not? It seems like a silly question, unless one takes into account the foibles of human enthusiasms and the price tags we put on them. One hundred years ago, ostrich feathers were worth almost as much by weight as diamonds, and businessmen argued that they were equivalent in||
“In this innovative and intriguing book, Stein zeroes in on one colonial commodity—ostrich feathers—and produces the first coherent history of their production and trade. This book is in conversation with, and contributes to, m
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 many, a worldwide feather bust. In this remarkable book, Sarah Stein draws on rich archival materials to bring to light the prominent and varied roles of Jews in the feather...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce | Sarah Abrevaya Stein PhD. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
