- List of Illustrations*
- Introduction
- 1. A New Species of Elegance
- 2. The Gold Standard of Jamaican Mahogany
- 3. Supplying the Empire with Mahogany
- 4. The Bitters and the Sweets of Trade
- 5. Slavery in the Rain Forest
- 6. Redefining Mahogany in the Early Republic
- 7. Mastering Nature and the Challenge of Mahogany
- 8. Democratizing Mahogany and the Advent of Steam
- 9. An Old Species of Elegance
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- * Illustrations:
- Map 1. Native Ranges of Commercially Harvested Mahogany Species
- Map 2. Some Key Destinations of Mahogany in North America and Northern Europe
- Figure 1.1 Tilt-top Tea Table, unattributed, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1765–1775
- Figure 1.2 Blockfront Bureau Table, attributed to John Townsend, Newport, RI, 1785–95
- Figure 1.3. Trade Card, Benjamin Randolph, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1769
- Figure 1.4a–c. Desk and Bookcase, with details, attributed to John Welch, Boston, MA, circa 1750
- Figure 1.5. Paul Revere, John Singleton Copley, Boston, MA, 1768
- Figure 2.1. “Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae,” Matthäus Seutter, circa 1744
- Figure 2.2 George Robertson, “A View of the Island of Jamaica,” London, 1778
- Figure 3.1. Detail of the 1786 Treaty Map of the Bay of Honduras
- Figure 5.1. “Cutting & Trucking Mahogany in Honduras,” in Chaloner & Fleming, The Mahogany Tree, 1850
- Figure 5.2. “Felling Mahogany in Honduras,” in Chaloner & Fleming, The Mahogany Tree, 1850
- Figure 7.1. Frontispiece, Nicolai Jacquin, Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, Vienna, 1763
- Figure 8.1. “Clearing Mahogany Down the Rapids in Cuba,” in Chaloner & Fleming, The Mahogany Tree, 1850
- Figure 8.2. “Cart of the Country Loaded with Mahogany in Cuba,” in Chaloner & Fleming, The Mahogany Tree, 1850
- Figure 8.3. “Steam Sawmill on the New Hope Sugar Estate,” Cuba, George Howe, circa 1832
- Figure 8.4. “Catalogue of 305 Logs, Cuba Mahogany … to be Sold at Auction,” New York, NY, 1847
- Figure 8.5. Steam-powered Veneering Saw and Veneer Polishing Machines, 1876
- Figure 8.6. “Keyser & Foxe’s Mahogany Steam Saw Mill & Turning Shop,” Philadelphia, PA, circa 1854
- Figure 8.7. Price & Harper’s Steam Saw Mill … and Lumber Yard, Philadelphia, PA, 1855
- Figure 8.8. “The Cabinet-maker, and The Upholsterer,” 1836
- Figure 8.9. Trade Card, George J. Henkels, Cabinetmaker, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1850
- Figure 8.10. “George Meckes Northern Cabinet Ware-Rooms,” Philadelphia, PA, circa 1847
