Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji
Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage? -- Nutenam : 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....
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ithaca ; London
Cornell University Press
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | The United States in the world
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1800-1899
> Americans / Travel / Fiji / History / 19th century
> Fiji / Foreign public opinion / History / 19th century
> Visitors, Foreign / Fiji / Attitudes
> Fiji / Social life and customs / 19th century
> Fiji / Description and travel
> Public opinion / United States
> Americans / Travel
> Urlauber
> Tradition
> Öffentliche Meinung
> Amerikaner
> United States / Social life and customs / 19th century
> Fidschi
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage? -- Nutenam : 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 "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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | viii, 333 Seiten Illustrationen, 3 Karten, Portraits 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781501740343 978-1-5017-4034-3 |