The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific - Gananath Obeyesekere - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691057521 - December 14, 1997
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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific Revised edition

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Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself.


344 pages, 14 halftones

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 14, 1997
ISBN13 9780691057521
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 336
Dimensions 157 × 234 × 22 mm   ·   544 g
Language English  

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