Gone Native in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific

by I.C. Campbell

Campbell presents a study of the lives and experiences of Europeans and Americans in the age of early industrial overseas expansions, who became detatched from their own societies and lived, sometimes for many years, among Pacific Islanders as integrated members of their communities, often with little hope of returning home and frequently with no wish to do so. As engaging as primitivism was to European philosophers, the realities of contact between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307873
• ISBN13: 9780313307874
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"