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

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:United States in the world.
Main Author: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:United States in the world.
Subjects:
Americans > Travel > Fiji > History > 19th century.
Fiji > Foreign public opinion > History > 19th century.
Visitors, Foreign > Fiji > Attitudes.
Fiji > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Fiji > Description and travel.
Public opinion > United States.
Americans > Travel.
Manners and customs.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, American.
Travel.
Visitors, Foreign > Attitudes.
Fiji.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:viii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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