001479135 000__ 05815nam\a22008655i\4500 001479135 001__ 1479135 001479135 003__ DE-B1597 001479135 005__ 20231026035013.0 001479135 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479135 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479135 008__ 200915t20122012mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479135 019__ $$a(OCoLC)979910055 001479135 020__ $$a9780674067264 001479135 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674067264$$2doi 001479135 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)177864 001479135 035__ $$a(OCoLC)835788747 001479135 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479135 0410_ $$aeng 001479135 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479135 072_7 $$aHIS036020$$2bisacsh 001479135 08204 $$a338.47674142$$223 001479135 1001_ $$aAnderson, Jennifer L., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001479135 24510 $$aMahogany :$$bThe Costs of Luxury in Early America /$$cJennifer L. Anderson. 001479135 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2012] 001479135 264_4 $$c©2012 001479135 300__ $$a1 online resource (340 p.) :$$b11 color illustrations, 19 halftones, 2 maps 001479135 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479135 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479135 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479135 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479135 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tIllustrations -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tChapter One. A New Species of Elegance -- $$tChapter Two. The Gold Standard of Jamaican Mahogany -- $$tChapter Three. Supplying the Empire with Mahogany -- $$tChapter Four. The Bitters and the Sweets of Trade -- $$tChapter Five. Slavery in the Rain Forest -- $$tChapter Six. Redefining Mahogany in the Early Republic -- $$tChapter Seven. Mastering Nature and the Challenge of Mahogany -- $$tChapter Eight. Democratizing Mahogany and the Advent of Steam -- $$tChapter Nine. An Old Species of Elegance -- $$tAbbreviations -- $$tNotes -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001479135 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479135 520__ $$aIn the mid-eighteenth century, colonial Americans became enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. This exotic wood, imported from the West Indies and Central America, quickly displaced local furniture woods as the height of fashion. Over the next century, consumer demand for mahogany set in motion elaborate schemes to secure the trees and transform their rough-hewn logs into exquisite objects. But beneath the polished gleam of this furniture lies a darker, hidden story of human and environmental exploitation. Mahogany traces the path of this wood through many hands, from source to sale: from the enslaved African woodcutters, including skilled "huntsmen" who located the elusive trees amidst dense rainforest, to the ship captains, merchants, and timber dealers who scrambled after the best logs, to the skilled cabinetmakers who crafted the wood, and with it the tastes and aspirations of their diverse clientele. As the trees became scarce, however, the search for new sources led to expanded slave labor, vicious competition, and intense international conflicts over this diminishing natural resource. When nineteenth-century American furniture makers turned to other materials, surviving mahogany objects were revalued as antiques evocative of the nation's past. Jennifer Anderson offers a dynamic portrait of the many players, locales, and motivations that drove the voracious quest for mahogany to adorn American parlors and dining rooms. 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