In search of brightest Africa [electronic resource] : reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 / Jeannette Eileen Jones.
Material type: TextSeries: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010Description: xviii, 296 p. : illISBN: 9780820341965 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Public opinion -- United States | Africa -- Foreign public opinion, American | Africa -- Relations -- United States | United States -- Relations -- Africa | Africa -- Civilization | United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918 | United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945 | United States -- Intellectual lifeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 327.607309/034 LOC classification: DT38.1 | .J66 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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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