{"product_id":"missing-links-jeremy-rich-9780820340609","title":"Missing Links: The African and American Worlds of R. L. Garner, Primate Collector","description":"\u003cp\u003eJeremy Rich uses the eccentric life of R. L. Garner (1848-1920) to examine the commercial networks that brought the first apes to America during the Progressive Era, a critical time in the development of ideas about African wildlife, race, and evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarner was a self-taught zoologist and atheist from southwest Virginia. Starting in 1892, he lived on and off in the French colony of Gabon, studying primates and trying to engage U.S. academics with his theories. Most prominently, Garner claimed that he could teach apes to speak human languages and that he could speak the languages of primates. Garner brought some of the first live primates to America, launching a traveling demonstration in which he claimed to communicate with a chimpanzee named Susie. He was often mocked by the increasingly professionalized scientific community, who were wary of his colorful escapades, such as his ill-fated plan to make a New York City socialite the queen of southern Gabon, and his efforts to convince Thomas Edison to finance him in Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Garner did influence evolutionary debates, and as with many of his era, race dominated his thinking. Garner's arguments--for example, that chimpanzees were more loving than Africans, or that colonialism constituted a threat to the separation of the races--offer a fascinating perspective on the thinking and attitudes of his times. \u003ci\u003eMissing Links\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact of colonialism on Africans, the complicated politics of buying and selling primates, and the popularization of biological racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Rich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082034060X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820340609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Jeremy Rich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926510665983,"sku":"9780820340609","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3beb7e09-1d4b-40ca-a0d2-1c4d3c4cf6cf.jpg?v=1681083479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/missing-links-jeremy-rich-9780820340609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}