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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
Author: Gananath Obeyesekere
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 as the person who, his miss...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691057521
ISBN-10: 0691057524
Publication Date: 11/24/1997
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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