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

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages) Series The United States in the world United States in the world. Contents Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage? -- Butenam : 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2020) Subject Americans -- Travel -- Fiji -- History -- 19th century Visitors, Foreign -- Fiji -- Attitudes Public opinion -- United States HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Americans -- Travel Manners and customs Public opinion Public opinion, American Travel Visitors, Foreign -- Attitudes SUBJECT Fiji -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History -- 19th century Fiji -- Social life and customs -- 19th century United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140534 Fiji -- Description and travel Subject Fiji United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019004117 ISBN 9781501740350 1501740350 1501740369 9781501740367

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