{"product_id":"pursuing-respect-in-the-cannibal-nancy-shoemaker-9781501761690","title":"Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles: Americans in Nineteenth-Century Fiji","description":"\u003cp\u003eFull of colorful details and engrossing stories, \u003ci\u003ePursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles \u003c\/i\u003eshows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a driving force in the global extension of United States influence shortly after the nation's founding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Shoemaker contends that what she calls extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early US global expansion. Using as her site of historical investigation nineteenth-century Fiji, the \"cannibal isles\" of American popular culture, she uncovers stories of Americans looking for opportunities to rise in social status and enhance their sense of self. Prior to British colonization in 1874, extraterritorial Americans had, she argues, as much impact on Fiji as did the British. While the American economy invested in the extraction of sandalwood and sea slugs as resources to sell in China, individuals who went to Fiji had more complicated, personal objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles\u003c\/i\u003e considers these motivations through the lives of the three Americans who left the deepest imprint on Fiji: a runaway whaleman who settled in the islands, a sea captain's wife, and a merchant. Shoemaker's book shows how ordinary Americans living or working overseas found unusual venues where they could show themselves worthy of others' respect--others' approval, admiration, or deference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Nancy Shoemaker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981994328319,"sku":"9781501761690","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ff9f0e3-b000-4227-aaa3-0639a6ff8bbf.jpg?v=1683258681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pursuing-respect-in-the-cannibal-nancy-shoemaker-9781501761690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}