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Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific
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"In sparkling, seamless prose, Risky Shores offers fresh insights into the cultural encounters between the British and the Melanesians." —Dane Kennedy, author of Decolonization
Why did the so-called "Cannibal Isles" of the Western Pacific fascinate Europeans for so long? Spanning three centuries—from Captain James Cook's death on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 to the end of World War II in 1945—this book considers the category of "the savage" in the context of British Empire in the Western Paci...
Why did the so-called "Cannibal Isles" of the Western Pacific fascinate Europeans for so long? Spanning three centuries—from Captain James Cook's death on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 to the end of World War II in 1945—this book considers the category of "the savage" in the context of British Empire in the Western Paci...