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Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles : Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji /

"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage? -- Butenam : 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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