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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rich, Jeremy (Jeremy McMaster)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2012.
Series:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Subjects:
Garner, R. L. > (Richard Lynch), > 1848-1920.
Human-animal relationships > Gabon.
Africans > Public opinion, American.
Racism > History > 19th century.
Americans > Gabon > Attitudes.
Apes > Collection and preservation > United States.
Apes > Collection and preservation > Gabon.
Apes > Gabon.
Primatologists > United States > Biography.
Gabon > History > 1839-1960.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.