In search of brightest Africa reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Jeannette Eileen, 1970-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.
Series:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: in search of brightest Africa
  • A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent
  • To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question
  • Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics
  • To capture a vanishing world : naturalist-environmentalist discourses and displays of Africa
  • Reel Africa : American filmmaking and criticism in defense of Africa
  • Conclusion: the wonders of Africa brought to America.