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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook - European Mythmaking in the Pacific (Paperback, Revised edition) Loot Price: R1,051
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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook - European Mythmaking in the Pacific (Paperback, Revised edition): Gananath Obeyesekere

The Apotheosis of Captain Cook - European Mythmaking in the Pacific (Paperback, Revised edition)

Gananath Obeyesekere

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Here Gananath Obeyesekere 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.

In this new edition of "The Apotheosis of Captain Cook," the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, "How "Natives" Think," which was a direct response to this work.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 1997
First published: December 1997
Authors: Gananath Obeyesekere
Dimensions: 235 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 336
Edition: Revised edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-05752-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 0-691-05752-4
Barcode: 9780691057521

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