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Author Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-
Title Mahogany : the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.
Publication Info Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.


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Descript 398 pages
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Contents A new species of elegance -- The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- Supplying the Empire with mahogany -- The bitters and the sweets of trade -- Slavery in the rain forest -- 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.
Note In English.
ISBN 9780674048713 (hbk.)
0674048717 (hbk.)
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Author Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-
Subject Mahogany -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Mahogany industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Descript 398 pages
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Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents A new species of elegance -- The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- Supplying the Empire with mahogany -- The bitters and the sweets of trade -- Slavery in the rain forest -- 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.
Note In English.
ISBN 9780674048713 (hbk.)
0674048717 (hbk.)
Author Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-
Subject Mahogany -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Mahogany industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  HD 9769 M33 U5  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Mahogany -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Mahogany industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Descript 398 pages
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents A new species of elegance -- The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- Supplying the Empire with mahogany -- The bitters and the sweets of trade -- Slavery in the rain forest -- 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.
Note In English.
ISBN 9780674048713 (hbk.)
0674048717 (hbk.)

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