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Mahogany the costs of luxury in early America
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Title
Mahogany [electronic resource] : the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.
ISBN
9780674048713 (alk. paper)
9780674067264 (e-book)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
x, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, port.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2013
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.
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