In search of mahogany
Subtitle: the costs of luxury in early America
By: Jennifer L. Anderson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674048713
Subjects: Social life and customs; Mahogany; Mahogany industry; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new species of elegance; title: The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany; title: Supplying the Empire; title: The bitters and the sweets of trade; title: Slavery in the rainforest; title: Redefining mahogany in the Early Republic; title: Mastering nature and the challenge of mahogany; title: Democratizing mahogany and the advent of steam; title: An old species of elegance.