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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781611303321

Autore

Jones Jeannette Eileen <1970->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-25300-3

9786613253002

0-8203-4196-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900

Disciplina

327.607309/034

Soggetti

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 life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.