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Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga /
"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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
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Table of 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.