Mahogany : the costs of luxury in early America / / Jennifer L. Anderson.
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 398 p. :; ill. (some col.), maps, port. |
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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.