Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles

• Verfasst von: Shoemaker, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles
• Titelzusatz: Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji
• Verf.angabe: Nancy Shoemaker
• Verlagsort: Ithaca ; London
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• E-Jahr: 2019
• Jahr: [2019]
• Umfang: viii, 333 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: The United States in the world
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4034-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)Fidschi / (s)Urlauber / (s)Amerikaner / (s)Tradition / (s)Öffentliche Meinung / (z)Geschichte 1800-1899
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1664215395

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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"--