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Author Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-

Title Mahogany [electronic resource] : the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, port.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674048713 (alk. paper)
9780674067264 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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