Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 - Jonathan Lamb - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226468488 - June 15, 2001
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Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 1st edition

Jonathan Lamb

Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 1st edition

This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.


328 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 15, 2001
ISBN13 9780226468488
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 328
Dimensions 16 × 24 × 3 mm   ·   624 g
Language English  

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