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- Title
Nature's Currency.
- Authors
Anderson, Jennifer L.
- Abstract
Discusses the Atlantic mahogany trade in the eighteenth century which resulted to the commodification of nature. Role of indigenous peoples and African slaves in Central America in natural resource extraction; Information on the craft of cabinetmakers George Henkels, Benjamin Randolph and Thomas Affleck; Shift of the furniture industry in the nineteenth century to industrialized production resulting to the diminished demand for exotic timbers.
- Subjects
CENTRAL America; MAHOGANY industry; FURNITURE industry; CABINETMAKERS; MAHOGANY; HENKELS, George; RANDOLPH, Benjamin, 1721-1791; AFFLECK, Thomas; NATURAL resources; EIGHTEENTH century; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004, Vol 2, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1543-4273
- Publication type
Article