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Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

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Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

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Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

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Full title

Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

Publisher

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Call Numbers

823.00932/1

Record Identifier

74VKO0MEpAxb

MMS ID

991022627529702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxix, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

Monarchs of all they survey -- Disciplined islands : white fatherhood, homosocial masculinity, and law -- Voracious cannibals, rapacious pirates, and threats of counterincorporation -- "Falling to the lowest degree of brutishness" : wild men, monsters, and the bestial taint -- Island parodies and Cr...

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Publisher

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Place of Publication

Minnesota

Date Published

c2007.

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Full title

Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2007.

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Call Numbers

823.00932/1

Record Identifier

74VKO0MEpAxb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO0MEpAxb

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ISBN

0816648638 (pb : alk. paper)

9780816648627 (hc : alk. paper)

081664862X (hc : alk. paper)

9780816648634 (pb : alk. paper)

DDC

823.00932

MMS ID

991022627529702626

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