Islanders-ThePacificintheAgeofEmpire
- 作者
- 出版社 YaleUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2012年1月
- ISBN 9780300180565
- 定价 338.40
内容简介
ThiscompellingbookexploresthelivedexperienceofempireinthePacific,thelastregiontobecontactedandcolonizedbyEuropeansfollowingthegreatvoyagesofCaptainCook.Unlikeconventionalaccountsthatemphasizeconfrontationandthedestructionofindigenouscultures,Islandersrevealstherewasgainaswellasloss,survivalaswellassuffering,andinventionaswellasexploitation.Empoweredbyimaginativeresearchinobscurearchivesandcollections,Thomasrediscoversarichandsurprisinghistoryofencounters,notonlybetweenIslandersandEuropeans,butamongIslanders,broughttogetherinnewwaysbyexplorers,missionaries,andcolonists.Hetellsthestoryofthemakingofempire,notthroughanimpersonalsurvey,butthroughvividstoriesofthelivesofmenandwomen—somevisionary,somevicious,andsomejusteccentric—andthroughsensuousevocationofseascapesandlandscapesofthePacific.Afascinatingre-creationofanOceanicworld,Islandersoffersanewparadigm,notonlyforhistoriesofthePacific,butforunderstandingsofculturalcontacteverywhere.
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