A Bird for the Bonnet: Gender, Class and Culture in American Birdkeeping, 1776-2000

by TrudyIreneScee (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $41.97

  The first serious historical study of birdkeeping in America from colonial times to the present. It documents and discusses the various forms of commercial birdkeeping and the opportunities it offered to women and some minorities. Research into state and national political activities of bird keepers and their sometimes strained relations with each other are also discussed.