An edition of Plumes (2008)
Plumes
ostrich feathers, Jews, and a lost world of global commerce
By Sarah Abrevaya Stein
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Publish Date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
eng
Pages
256
Description:
From Yiddish-speaking Russian-Lithuanian feather handlers in South Africa to London manufacturers and wholesalers, from New York's Lower East Side to entrepreneurial farms in the American West, this text explores the details of a remarkably vibrant yet ephemeral culture.