"Gone Native" in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific Campbell, I C.

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 seafarers and islanders who faced previously unimagined technological and human marvels were much more pragmatic. Jealousy, ethnocentrism, and violence on both sides competed with humanitarian interests and indigenous hospitality to shape the emerging pattern of relationships.

DOI: 10.1336/0313307873 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM0787.aspx

"Gone Native" in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific Series: Contributions to the Study of World History Hardback, 208 pages, $115.00 Copyright ©1998, Greenwood Press ISBN: 0-313-30787-3 DOI: 10.1336/0313307873

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