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Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji
Title
Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles [electronic resource] : Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji / Nancy Shoemaker.
ISBN
1501740350
9781501740350
9781501740343
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 333 pages :) illustrations, maps ;
Local Notes
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Summary
"The aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of respect was a driving force in the vast global expansion launched by the United States shortly after the nation's founding. This book explore the perspectives of three Americans in Fiji"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete
Project MUSE - 2020 History
Other formats
Online version: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author. Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Series
The United States in the world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-325) and index.
Contents
Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage?
Nutenam : knowledge
The beachcomber : David Whippy
Mata ki bau : respect vakaviti
Chief of all the white men : character
The sea captain's wife : Mary D. Wallis
By a lady : moral authority
Marama : social class
The merchant : John B. Williams
This hell upon earth : competence and wealth
Tui America : power
Epilogue : continuity and change in U.S.-Fiji relations.
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