عنوان

Mahogany :

شابک

0674067266

شابک

9780674067264

شابک اشتباه

0674048717

شابک اشتباه

9780674048713

عنوان اصلي

Mahogany :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the costs of luxury in early America /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jennifer L. Anderson.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Cambridge, Mass. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Harvard University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2012.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (424 pages)

متن يادداشت

OldControl:harvard. 9780674067264.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

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.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

"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.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780674048713

موضوع مستند نشده

Mahogany industry-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

Mahogany-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

موضوع مستند نشده

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Manufacturing.

موضوع مستند نشده

HISTORY-- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

موضوع مستند نشده

Mahogany industry.

موضوع مستند نشده

Mahogany.

موضوع مستند نشده

Manners and customs.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Social life and customs, To 1775.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

BUS-- 070050

موضوع مستند نشده

BUS023000

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS-- 036020

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS036020

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS038000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Anderson, Jennifer L.,1966-

تاريخ عمليات

20200822121520.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y