Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Recognizing the Ethiopian Flag 21
7. Chapter Two. Pauline E. Hopkins and the Shadow of Transcription 51
8. Chapter Three. Fashioning the Imperial Self 72
9. Chapter Four. Imperial Embellishment 90
10. Chapter Five. Empire on the World Stage 119
11. Chapter Six. Martial Ethiopianism in Verse 144
12. Chapter Seven. George S. Schuyler and the Appeal of Imperial Ethiopia 169
13. Chapter Eight. Claude McKay and the Display of Aristocracy 192
14. Conclusion. Langston Hughes’s business suit 209
15. Notes 215
16. Bibliography 235
17. Index 251