Strangers in the South Seas : the Idea of the Pacific in Western Thought.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lansdown, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Temas:
Travelers' writings, American.
Travelers' writings, European.
East and West.
Écrits de voyageurs américains.
Écrits de voyageurs européens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Civilization > Foreign influences.
Discoveries in geography > American.
Discoveries in geography > European.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Oceania > Civilization > Foreign influences.
Oceania > Discovery and exploration > American.
Oceania > Discovery and exploration > European.
Oceania > Description and travel.
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Oceania > History > Sources.
Océanie > Descriptions et voyages.
Océanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Océanie > Histoire > Sources.
Oceania.
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""acknowledgments""; ""Note on Texts""; ""Introduction""; ""The Island as Eldorado and the South Sea Bubble""; ""The Noble Savage""; ""“Dark Parts of the Earthâ€?: The Voyage of the Duff, 1796â€?1798""; ""The Island as Crucible: From The Great Chain of Being to Evolution""; ""“How Many Adams Must We Admit?â€?: The Varieties of Man""; ""The Island as Colony: From Backwater to “Ocean of the Futureâ€?""; ""Anthropometry, Ethnology, Relativism Th e Island for Anthropologists""; ""The Colonial Interregnum and the Second World War""; ""Disillusion: From Noa Noa to the H-Bomb""
  • Works Citedindex
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