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

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Visitors, Foreign > Attitudes.
Travel.
Public opinion, American.
Public opinion.
Manners and customs.
Americans > Travel.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Visiteurs etrangers > Fidji > Attitudes.
Public opinion > United States.
Visitors, Foreign > Fiji > Attitudes.
Americans > Travel > Fiji > History > 19th century.
United States.
Fiji.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siecle.
Fiji > Description and travel.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Fiji > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Fiji > Foreign public opinion, American > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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