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

This is the first serious study of birdkeeping in America from colonial times to the present. Scee,a birdkeeper with a Ph.D in American History,defty studies the development of birdkeeping as a hoppy, a food reseource and as a home business dominated by women. Scee discusses American self identity (the cults of the American Eagle,Turkey at Thanksgiving),the strained relations between hobbyists and professionals,environmentalists and commercial exploiters in detail. The work ends with several important research conclusions on bird and human conduct.

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