LEADER 04356nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910788388003321 005 20230801232020.0 010 $a1-280-49151-5 010 $a9786613586742 010 $a0-8203-4181-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046308 035 $a(OCoLC)781786184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10539271 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10600975 035 $a(PQKB)11492480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4977943 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4977943 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358674 035 $a(OCoLC)1024261840 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046308 100 $a20110428d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMissing links$b[electronic resource] $ethe African and American worlds of R.L. Garner, primate collector /$fJeremy Rich 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aRace in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8203-4059-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aJeremy Rich uses the eccentric life of R. L. Garner (1848-1920) to examine the commercial networks that brought the first apes to America during the Progressive Era, a critical time in the development of ideas about African wildlife, race, and evolution. Garner was a self-taught zoologist and atheist from southwest Virginia. Starting in 1892, he lived on and off in the French colony of Gabon, studying primates and trying to engage U.S. academics with his theories. Most prominently, Garner claimed that he could teach apes to speak human languages and that he could speak the languages of primates. Garner brought some of the first live primates to America, launching a traveling demonstration in which he claimed to communicate with a chimpanzee named Susie. He was often mocked by the increasingly professionalized scientific community, who were wary of his colorful escapades, such as his ill-fated plan to make a New York City socialite the queen of southern Gabon, and his efforts to convince Thomas Edison to finance him in Africa. Yet Garner did influence evolutionary debates, and as with many of his era, race dominated his thinking. Garner's arguments-for example, that chimpanzees were more loving than Africans, or that colonialism constituted a threat to the separation of the races-offer a fascinating perspective on the thinking and attitudes of his times. Missing Links explores the impact of colonialism on Africans, the complicated politics of buying and selling primates, and the popularization of biological racism. 410 0$aRace in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900. 606 $aPrimatologists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aApes$zGabon 606 $aApes$xCollection and preservation$zGabon 606 $aApes$xCollection and preservation$zUnited States 606 $aAmericans$zGabon$xAttitudes 606 $aRacism$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfricans$xPublic opinion 606 $aHuman-animal relationships$zGabon 607 $aGabon$xHistory$y1839-1960 615 0$aPrimatologists 615 0$aApes 615 0$aApes$xCollection and preservation 615 0$aApes$xCollection and preservation 615 0$aAmericans$xAttitudes. 615 0$aRacism$xHistory 615 0$aAfricans$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships 676 $a599.88096721 700 $aRich$b Jeremy$g(Jeremy McMaster)$01567857 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788388003321 996 $aMissing links$93839592 997 $aUNINA