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

Author/Contributor(s):	Shoemaker, Nancy
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	10/15/2021
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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...