Shoemaker, Nancy,  1958- <br/><br/>
Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles :  Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji / 
Nancy Shoemaker. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages). 
 - The United States in the world .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : why go a Fiji voyage? --  Butenam : knowledge --  The beachcomber : David Whippy --  Mata ki bau : respect vakaviti --  Chief of all the white men : character --  The sea captain's wife : Mary D. Wallis --  By a lady : moral authority --  Marama : social class --  The merchant : John B. Williams --  This hell upon earth : competence and wealth --  Tui America : power --  Epilogue : continuity and change in U.S.-Fiji relations. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501740350 9781501740367 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019004117 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Americans--Travel--History--Fiji--19th century.<br/>Visitors, Foreign--Attitudes.--Fiji<br/>Public opinion--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU600  / .P877 2019