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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
by Gananath Obeyesekere
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Press, 1992. First Edition. Hb. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. xvii, (3), 251, as new, ""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…
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82992
- Title
- The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
- Author
- Gananath Obeyesekere
- Format/Binding
- Hb
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Princeton Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Edmonton Book Store
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
Biblio member since 2006
Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
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