Mahogany : : The Costs of Luxury in Early America /

Mahogany : : The Costs of Luxury in Early America / / Jennifer L. Anderson.

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In 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 maho...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012
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Anderson, Jennifer L.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 p.) :; 11 color illustrations, 19 halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. A New Species of Elegance
  • Chapter Two. The Gold Standard of Jamaican Mahogany
  • Chapter Three. Supplying the Empire with Mahogany
  • Chapter Four. The Bitters and the Sweets of Trade
  • Chapter Five. Slavery in the Rain Forest
  • Chapter Six. Redefining Mahogany in the Early Republic
  • Chapter Seven. Mastering Nature and the Challenge of Mahogany
  • Chapter Eight. Democratizing Mahogany and the Advent of Steam
  • Chapter Nine. An Old Species of Elegance
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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