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Apotheosis of Captain Cook European Mythmaking in the Pacific

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Obeyesekere, Gananath
Titel:	Apotheosis of Captain Cook European Mythmaking in the Pacific
Uitgever:	Princeton University Press
ISBN:	9780691057521
Editie:	Revised ed
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 60,90
Verschijningsdatum:	14-12-1997
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Anthropology
Geogr.gebied:	Pacific Ocean
Geillustreerd:	14 halftones
Dewey code:	996.902

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	336
Hoogte mm.:	234
Breedte mm.:	157
Dikte mm.:	22
Gewicht gr.:	544

Inhoud:

Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself.