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Risky shores: savagery and colonialism in the western Pacific

By George K , Behlmer

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781503605954, 9781503604926, 9781503605947, 1503605957
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
33 MB (34876195 bytes)
Pages
xiv, 338 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
British colonies;HISTORY--Oceania;Manners and custBritish;Great Britain -- Colonies -- Oceania -- HiBritish;History;Melanesia -- Social life and custo

Description

Introduction : the protean savage -- Island stories of the cannibal kind -- Missionary martyrs of Melanesia -- Indentured labor and the white savage -- The twilight of headhunting -- Among "stone-age" savages -- Conclusion : savage inversions. Introduction : the protean savage -- Island stories of the cannibal kind -- Missionary martyrs of Melanesia -- Indentured labor and the white savage -- The twilight of headhunting -- Among "stone-age" savages -- Conclusion : savage inversions.

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