Hat That Killed a Billion Birds

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Hat That Killed a Billion Birds

The Decimation of World Avian Populations for Women's Fashion

Sharp, Arthur G.

McFarland & Co Inc

02/2024

267

Mole

Inglês

9781476693286

15 a 20 dias

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Table of Contents


Introduction

?1.?The Birds Start Slipping Away

?2.?How Did It Happen?

?3.?Follow the Money

?4.?Bird Murder and Women's Hats

?5.?Bicycles, Tricycles, and Fashion Cycles

?6.?But Did the Ladies Listen?

?7.?Which Birds Is It Okay to Kill?

?8.?Who Was to Blame?

?9.?Fashion Writers Play a Key Role

10.?Another Skirmish in the War Between the Sexes

11.?Editorial License

12.?Blow Guns, Knives, and Other Cruel Weapons

13.?There's an Endless Supply of Birds-Isn't There?

14.?Save the Birds

15.?The Audubon Society Picks Up the Cudgel

16.?"Arbird" Day

17.?Laws Are Literally for the Birds

18.?Who Owns the Birds?

19.?The Turning Point Arrives

20.?Embarrassment Knows No Boundaries

21.?Regional Rivalries

22.?The Audubonists' Antithesis

23.?Reading the Signs

24.?Silz Courts the Supremes

25.?Welcome to Finley's World

26.?Meet Max Schlemmer

27.?Looking at the Moon Without -Rose-Colored Glasses

28.?Delaware Thanks the Milliners

29.?The Law of Fashion Prevails

30.?From Missouri to Massachusetts

31.?Milliners and Hats Are on Top

32.?The Milliners Fight Back

33.?Two Sides to the Story

34.?The Business of Business

35.?Calling All Ladies

36.?White Herons and Birds of Paradise

37.?The Ostrich

38.?Game Wardens

39.?The Hunters

40.?Birds Don't Have to Die When They Can Be Dyed

41.?Those Who Refuse to See the Birds for the Trees

42.?The Campaign Goes International

Epilogue: One Good "Tern" Deserves Another

Appendix A: Confusing Bird Protection Laws

Appendix B: Expansion of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

Notes

Bibliography

Index