Mahogany: the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.
2012
HD9769.M33 U625 2012
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Title
Mahogany: the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.
Author
Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-
ISBN
9780674048713 (alk. paper)
9780674067264 (electronic bk.)
9780674067264 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, port.
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HD9769.M33 U625 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/7674142
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
A new species of elegance
The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany
Supplying the Empire
The bitters and the sweets of trade
Slavery in the rainforest
Redefining mahogany in the Early Republic
Mastering nature and the challenge of mahogany
Democratizing mahogany and the advent of steam
An old species of elegance.
The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany
Supplying the Empire
The bitters and the sweets of trade
Slavery in the rainforest
Redefining mahogany in the Early Republic
Mastering nature and the challenge of mahogany
Democratizing mahogany and the advent of steam
An old species of elegance.