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336 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691057521
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 14 December 1997
Description
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, ...
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336 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691057521
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 14 December 1997
Description
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, ...