Author: Mary Davis WallisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Life in Feejee
Author: Mary Davis WallisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Life in Feejee
Author: Mary Davis WallisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles
Author: Nancy ShoemakerPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501740369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
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 founding. Nancy Shoemaker contends that what she calls extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early US global expansion. Using as her site of historical investigation nineteenth-century Fiji, the "cannibal isles" of American popular culture, she uncovers stories of Americans looking for opportunities to rise in social status and enhance their sense of self. Prior to British colonization in 1874, extraterritorial Americans had, she argues, as much impact on Fiji as did the British. While the American economy invested in the extraction of sandalwood and sea slugs as resources to sell in China, individuals who went to Fiji had more complicated, personal objectives. Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles considers these motivations through the lives of the three Americans who left the deepest imprint on Fiji: a runaway whaleman who settled in the islands, a sea captain's wife, and a merchant. Shoemaker's book shows how ordinary Americans living or working overseas found unusual venues where they could show themselves worthy of others' respect—others' approval, admiration, or deference.
History of Essex County, Massachusetts
Author: Duane Hamilton HurdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Historical Sketch of Salem, 1626-1879
Author: Charles Stuart OsgoodPublisher: Salem. Essex institute
ISBN:
Category : Salem (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. 3
Author: The Cambridge History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. II
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. III
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Books by American Travellers and Explorers from 1846 to 1900
Author: Frederick Samuel DellenbaughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Travellers and Explorers from 1846 to 1900 ...
Author: Frederick Samuel DellenbaughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description