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008			120719s2012 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aHD9769 _b.M346 2012
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aAnderson, Jennifer L., _d1966- _e1
245	1	0	_aMahogany : _bthe costs of luxury in early America / _cJennifer L. Anderson.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2012.
300			_a1 online resource (424 pages)
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aA new species of elegance -- _tThe gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- _tSupplying the Empire with mahogany -- _tThe bitters and the sweets of trade -- _tSlavery in the rain forest -- _tRedefining mahogany in the Early Republic -- _tMastering nature and the challenge of mahogany -- _tDemocratizing mahogany and the advent of steam -- _tAn old species of elegance.
520	0		_a"In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial Americans became enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. This exotic wood, imported from the West Indies and Central America, quickly displaced local furniture woods as the height of fashion. Over the next century, consumer demand for mahogany set in motion elaborate schemes to secure the trees and transform their rough-hewn logs into exquisite objects. But beneath the polished gleam of this furniture lies a darker, hidden story of human and environmental exploitation. Mahogany traces the path of this wood through many hands, from source to sale: from the enslaved African woodcutters, including skilled "huntsmen" who located the elusive trees amidst dense rainforest, to the ship captains, merchants, and timber dealers who scrambled after the best logs, to the skilled cabinetmakers who crafted the wood, and with it the tastes and aspirations of their diverse clientele. As the trees became scarce, however, the search for new sources led to expanded slave labor, vicious competition, and intense international conflicts over this diminishing natural resource. When nineteenth-century American furniture makers turned to other materials, surviving mahogany objects were revalued as antiques evocative of the nation's past."--Publisher's website.
650		0	_aMahogany _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aMahogany industry _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502785&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell