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Autore |
Jones Jeannette Eileen <1970-> |
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Titolo |
In search of brightest Africa [[electronic resource] ] : reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 / / Jeannette Eileen Jones |
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Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-25300-3 |
9786613253002 |
0-8203-4196-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Collana |
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Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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