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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author.     Subjects     Americans -- Travel -- Fiji -- History -- 19th century.     Visitors, Foreign -- Fiji -- Attitudes.     Public opinion -- United States.     Fiji -- Foreign public opinion -- History -- 19th century.     Fiji -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.     United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.     Fiji -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author.       by title:      Pursuing respect in ...         MARC Display

Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles : Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji / Nancy Shoemaker. by Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. Subjects Americans -- Travel -- Fiji -- History -- 19th century.   Visitors, Foreign -- Fiji -- Attitudes.   Public opinion -- United States.   Fiji -- Foreign public opinion -- History -- 19th century.   Fiji -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.   United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.   Fiji -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9781501740343 hardcover ; alkaline paper 1501740342 hardcover ; alkaline paper Series:  United States in the world. Description:  viii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm 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. Requests:  0 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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 996.11 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 996.11 Sh Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 996.11 Shoemaker Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kahuku P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 996.11 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 996.11 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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