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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook European Mythmaking in the Pacific
Author: Gananath Obeyesekere
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 miss...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691056807
ISBN-10: 0691056803
Publication Date: 7/1992
Pages: 276
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Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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