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Author Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author.

Title Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles : Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji / Nancy Shoemaker.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The United States in the world
United States in the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Americans -- Travel -- Fiji -- History -- 19th century.
Americans -- Travel.
Fiji.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Americans.
Fiji -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History -- 19th century.
Visitors, Foreign -- Fiji -- Attitudes.
Visitors, Foreign.
Fiji -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Manners and customs.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
United States.
Fiji -- Description and travel.
Public opinion -- United States.
Public opinion.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501740343 (DLC) 2019002355
ISBN 9781501740350 electronic book
1501740350 electronic book
1501740369
9781501740367 electronic book
9781501740343

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