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Author:

Rich, Jeremy (Jeremy McMaster)

Title:

Missing links : the African and American worlds of R.L. Garner, primate collector / Jeremy Rich.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 220 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Garner, R. L.--(Richard Lynch),--1848-1920.
Primatologists--United States--Biography.
Apes--Gabon.
Apes--Collection and preservation--Gabon.
Apes--Collection and preservation--United States.
Gabon--History--1839-1960.
Americans--Gabon--Attitudes.
Racism--History--19th century.
Africans--Public opinion, American.
Human-animal relationships--Gabon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900

ISBN:

082034060X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820340609 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820340596 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780820340593 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)723142081

LCCN:

2011018020

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)