Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles : : Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji / / Nancy Shoemaker.
Full of colorful details and engrossing stories, Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles shows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a driving force in the global extension of United States influence shortly after the nation's...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The United States in the World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 29 b&w halftones, 3 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Go a Fiji Voyage?
- 1. Butenam: Knowledge
- Part I: The Beachcomber: David Whippy
- 2. Mata ki Bau : Respect Vakaviti
- 3. Chief of All the White Men: Character
- Part II: The Sea Captain’s Wife: Mary D. Wallis
- 4. By a Lady: Moral Authority
- 5. Marama : Social Class
- Part III: The Merchant: John B. Williams
- 6. This Hell upon Earth: Competence and Wealth
- 7. Tui America: Power
- Epilogue: Continuity and Change in U.S.-Fiji Relations
- Appendix A: Sandalwood Voyages
- Appendix B: Bêche-de-Mer Voyages
- Appendix C: Foreign Naval Vessels in Fiji to 1860
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index