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By : Pamela Newkirk
Book Synopsis :
An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit?a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Devil in the White City, and Medical Apartheid.In 1904, Ota Benga, a young Congolese ?pygmy??a person of petite stature?arrived from central Africa and was featured in an anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World?s Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in its Monkey House, caging the slight 103-pound, 4-foot 11-inch tall man with an orangutan. The attraction became an international sensation, drawing thousands of New Yorkers and commanding headlines from across the nation and Europe.Spectacle explores the circumstances of Ota Benga?s captivity, the international controversy it inspired, and his efforts to adjust to American life. It also reveals why, .
Book Detail :
Tittle : Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
Author : Pamela Newkirk
Pages : 336 pages
Publisher : Amistad
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 006220100X
ISBN-13 : 9780062201003
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