Title:
Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.
Author:
Newkirk, Pamela, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
DT650.4.B46 N49 2015
Abstract:
"Describes the cruelty and prevalent racial prejudice in early-twentieth-century America that resulted in a Congolese man being featured in an exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair and then displayed in the Monkey House of a New York zoo, "--Amazon.com.
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Electronic Access:
InhaltsverzeichnisContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1604/2015487284-b.html
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062201003
Physical Description:
xvi, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part I. Caged. Gardens of wonder ; The Bronx Zoo monkey house ; Crimes of the Congo ; Hornaday's folly ; Benga's brigade ; Fighting City Hall ; Benga speaks ; Backlash ; Nature's fury ; Deliverance -- Part II. Captured. Samuel Phillips Verner ; Luebo Mission ; Kondola, Kassongo, and Verner's African treasures ; The hunt ; Verner's prey ; The St. Louis World's Fair ; Congo field notes ; Leopold's lobby ; Benga's choice ; A museum most unnatural ; Fondless farewell -- Part III. Free. Weeksville refuge ; St. James ; Southern comfort ; Home ; Free ; Homegoing.
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