Title Representing the South Pacific : colonial discourse from Cook to Gauguin / Rod Edmond

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Killing the god: the afterlife of Cook's death -- 3. Mutineers and beachcombers -- 4. Missionary endeavours -- 5. Trade and adventure -- 6. Taking up with kanakas: Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific -- 7. Skin and bones: Jack London's diseased Pacific -- 8. The French Pacific -- 9. Epilogue Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414 Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414 Europe http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Oceania. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- Colonization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 LC no. 97001845 ISBN 0521550548 (hardback)

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