The Apotheosis of Captain Cook – European Mythmaking in the Pacific (Paper)
by Gananath Obeyesekere
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good/No Dustjacket
- ISBN 10
- 0691036217
- ISBN 13
- 9780691036212
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Second. Paperback. Very good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 251.paperback edition.""Questioning the circumstances surrounding Captain James Cook's so-called divinity and his death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779, this study aims to debunk one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization and conquest - the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to the savage.""
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 208000
- Title
- The Apotheosis of Captain Cook – European Mythmaking in the Pacific (Paper)
- Author
- Gananath Obeyesekere
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Second
- ISBN 10
- 0691036217
- ISBN 13
- 9780691036212
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo
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