Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles - Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji

Nancy Shoemaker of the University of Connecticut is a historian of Native American history. Her books include A Strange Likeness, Native American Whalemen and the World, and an edited collection of historical documents and oral histories called Living with Whales. While investigating whaling history, she broadened her interests to include the history of the US in the world, especially in the Pacific.

Summary

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...

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Shoemaker
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781501740343
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4034-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: United States in the World; United States in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous