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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author.

Series:

United States in the world

The United States in the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--Travel--Fiji--History--19th century.

Americans.

Manners and customs.

Visitors, Foreign.

History.

Americans--Travel.

Fiji--Foreign public opinion--History--19th century.

Fiji.

Visitors, Foreign--Fiji--Attitudes.

Fiji--Social life and customs--19th century.

United States--Social life and customs--19th century.

United States.

Fiji--Description and travel.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Public opinion, American.

Travel.

Visitors, Foreign--Attitudes.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles.

ISBN:

9781501740343

1501740342

OCLC:

1079868423