The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
by Obeyesekere, Gananath
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- ISBN 10
- 0691036217
- ISBN 13
- 9780691036212
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New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press , 1994. Winner of the 1992 Louis Gottschalk Prize for Eighteenth-Century Studies. "Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself." Deals with Cooks death in Hawaii. CONDITION pp xvii 251 has some illus. Mildest handling signs.. First Trade. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14315
- Title
- The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
- Author
- Obeyesekere, Gananath
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Trade
- ISBN 10
- 0691036217
- ISBN 13
- 9780691036212
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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