In search of brightest Africa
Subtitle: reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936
By: Jeannette Eileen Jones.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780820333205
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: In search of brightest Africa; title: A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent; title: To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question; title: Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics; title: To capture a vanishing world : naturalist-environmentalist discourses and displays of Africa; title: Reel Africa : American filmmaking and criticism in defense of Africa; title: Conclusion: The wonders of Africa brought to America.