04356nam 2200793Ia 450 991078838800332120230801232020.01-280-49151-597866135867420-8203-4181-9(CKB)3170000000046308(OCoLC)781786184(CaPaEBR)ebrary10539271(SSID)ssj0000600868(PQKBManifestationID)11422322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600868(PQKBWorkID)10600975(PQKB)11492480(MiAaPQ)EBC3039083(MdBmJHUP)muse15813(MiAaPQ)EBC4977943(Au-PeEL)EBL3039083(CaPaEBR)ebr10539271(Au-PeEL)EBL4977943(CaONFJC)MIL358674(OCoLC)1024261840(EXLCZ)99317000000004630820110428d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMissing links[electronic resource] the African and American worlds of R.L. Garner, primate collector /Jeremy RichAthens University of Georgia Pressc20121 online resource (240 p.) Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-4059-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The southern Gabonese coast in the age of Garner -- Garner's animal business in Africa and America -- Is the monkey man manly enough? -- Race, knowledge, and colonialism in Garner's African writings -- African animals for white supremacy -- An American sorcerer in colonial Gabon -- Aping civilization.Jeremy Rich uses the eccentric life of R. L. Garner (1848-1920) to examine 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. Garner was a self-taught zoologist and atheist from southwest Virginia. Starting in 1892, he lived on and off in the French colony of Gabon, studying primates and trying to engage U.S. academics with his theories. Most prominently, Garner claimed that he could teach apes to speak human languages and that he could speak the languages of primates. Garner brought some of the first live primates to America, launching a traveling demonstration in which he claimed to communicate with a chimpanzee named Susie. He was often mocked by the increasingly professionalized scientific community, who were wary of his colorful escapades, such as his ill-fated plan to make a New York City socialite the queen of southern Gabon, and his efforts to convince Thomas Edison to finance him in Africa. Yet Garner did influence evolutionary debates, and as with many of his era, race dominated his thinking. Garner's arguments-for example, that chimpanzees were more loving than Africans, or that colonialism constituted a threat to the separation of the races-offer a fascinating perspective on the thinking and attitudes of his times. Missing Links explores the impact of colonialism on Africans, the complicated politics of buying and selling primates, and the popularization of biological racism.Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.PrimatologistsUnited StatesBiographyApesGabonApesCollection and preservationGabonApesCollection and preservationUnited StatesAmericansGabonAttitudesRacismHistory19th centuryAfricansPublic opinionHuman-animal relationshipsGabonGabonHistory1839-1960PrimatologistsApesApesCollection and preservationApesCollection and preservationAmericansAttitudes.RacismHistoryAfricansPublic opinion.Human-animal relationships599.88096721Rich Jeremy(Jeremy McMaster)1567857MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788388003321Missing links3839592UNINA