"The Negro Experiment": Black Modernity and Liberia, 1883-1910

This thesis explores the notion of "black modernity" in the context of the Liberia at the turn of the twentieth century. Despite Liberia's recognition by the international community as a sovereign nation, Liberia fell subject to the imperial ploys of the European powers in the Scrambl...

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Main Author: West, Laura Elizabeth
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32399
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05082012-115854/