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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.