Risky shores : savagery and colonialism in the western Pacific /

Why did the so-called "Cannibal Isles" of the Western Pacific fascinate Europeans for so long? Spanning three centuries--from Captain James Cook's death on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 to the end of World War II in 1945--this book considers the category of "the savage" in the co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Behlmer, George K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018].
Temas:
Anthropology > Melanesia.
HISTORY > Oceania.
British colonies.
Manners and customs.
Primitive societies.
Public opinion, British.
Melanesia > Social life and customs.
Melanesia > Foreign public opinion, British.
Great Britain > Colonies > Oceania > History.
Mélanésie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Océanie > Histoire.
Melanesia.
Oceania.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the protean savage
  • Island stories of the cannibal kind
  • Missionary martyrs of Melanesia
  • Indentured labor and the white savage
  • The twilight of headhunting
  • Among "stone-age" savages
  • Conclusion : savage inversions.

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