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In search of brightest Africa : reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 / Jeannette Eileen Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Jeannette Eileen, 1970-
- Series:
- Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Relations.
- Africa--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Africa.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- Africa--Relations--United States.
- United States--Relations--Africa.
- Africa--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
- United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
- United States--Intellectual life.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820333205
- 0820333204
- OCLC:
- 470819761
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