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.) |
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0674048717 (hbk.) |
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