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In search of brightest Africa : reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 / Jeannette Eileen Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 296 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820341965
  • 0820341967
  • 1283253003
  • 9781283253000
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In search of brightest Africa.DDC classification:
  • 327.607309/034 22
LOC classification:
  • DT38.1 .J66 2010eb
Online resources:
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.
Summary: Jeannette Eileen Jones is an associate professor of history and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Jeannette Eileen Jones is an associate professor of history and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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