Mahogany : the costs of luxury in early America

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Mahogany : the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Mahogany industry--United States--History--18th century
Mahogany--United States--History--18th century
United States--Social life and customs--To 1775
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (x, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps ; cm.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990032610740302486

ISBN:

0674067266 (electronic bk.)
9780674067264 (electronic bk.)
9780674048713 (hbk.)
0674048717 (hbk.)

OCLC Number:

818143122