Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles: Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji
(Part of the The United States in the World Series)
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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 extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1501761692
ISBN13:9781501761690
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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