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Missing Links : The African and American Worlds of R. L. Garner, Primate Collector.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 SeriesPublisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820341811
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Missing LinksDDC classification:
  • 599.88096721
LOC classification:
  • QL31.G37 R53 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Southern Gabonese Coast in the Age of Garner -- CHAPTER TWO. Garner's Animal Business in Africa and America -- CHAPTER THREE. Is the Monkey Man Manly Enough? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Race, Knowledge, and Colonialism in Garner's African Writings -- CHAPTER FIVE. African Animals for White Supremacy -- CHAPTER SIX. An American Sorcerer in Colonial Gabon -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Aping Civilization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Rich examines the commercial networks that brought the first apes to America during the Progressive Era, a critical time in the development of ideas about African wildlife, race, and evolution. He explores the impact of colonialism on Africans, the complicated politics of buying and selling primates, and the popularization of biological racism.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Southern Gabonese Coast in the Age of Garner -- CHAPTER TWO. Garner's Animal Business in Africa and America -- CHAPTER THREE. Is the Monkey Man Manly Enough? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Race, Knowledge, and Colonialism in Garner's African Writings -- CHAPTER FIVE. African Animals for White Supremacy -- CHAPTER SIX. An American Sorcerer in Colonial Gabon -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Aping Civilization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Rich examines the commercial networks that brought the first apes to America during the Progressive Era, a critical time in the development of ideas about African wildlife, race, and evolution. He explores the impact of colonialism on Africans, the complicated politics of buying and selling primates, and the popularization of biological racism.

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