A Bird for a Bonnet: Gender, Class and Culture in American Birdkeeping, 1776-2010

Michael Dodson

A Bird for a Bonnet: Gender, Class and Culture in American Birdkeeping, 1776-2010
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Academica Press
Country
United States
Published
6 December 2010
Pages
410
ISBN
9781930901933

A Bird for a Bonnet: Gender, Class and Culture in American Birdkeeping, 1776-2010

Michael Dodson

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.

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