Gone Native in Polynesia

Informationen zum Autor Ian Campbell has had a lifelong interest in military history. Growing up behind the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, he spent many hours wandering the halls thoroughly absorbed in the displays. His wise mother fostered his love of reading and history by introducing him very early to the works of Paul Brickhill. Ian has qualifications in History and Politics from the Australian National University. After a varied career in the government, private and not-for-profit sectors, he retired to research and write. His first book, Thinks He's a Bird, about Australian Pathfinder and Lancaster pilot, Flight Lieutenant Keith Watson, was released in 2022. Ian is currently curator of the Bennett/Vial Archive at the Queensland Air Museum. This archive comprises three collections, of which AVM Don Bennett's private collection is one. Ian and his wife, Kathy, have lived in many places in Australia, as well as New Zealand and Canada. They now live in Brisbane. When circumstances permit, they love to travel, but he has vowed never to move house again. Klappentext 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. At first, Europeans crossed the oceans only for compelling reasons: the passion for scientific research, the dedication to Christian evangelism, or the uncompromising profit motive. Later, settlers and government officials followed in the wake of these early explorers. Scattered in the interstices of contact relationships were large numbers of men whose interest was not in changing native society or profiting from it, but in experiencing primitive life and simply surviving itself. These men included castaways and deserters, some abandoned by their captains and others kidnapped by the islanders. Their prospects depended on their successful integration into Polynesian society-and in making themselves useful by applying European knowledge and skills to local situations and by mediating between islanders and their insistent visitors. Zusammenfassung A study of the experiences of Europeans and Americans who lived among Pacific islanders as integrated members of their communities. Jealousy! ethnocentism and violence on both sides competed with humanitarian interests and indigenous hospitality to shape the emerging pattern of relationships. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Culture Contact and Polynesia Men in the Margins of Culture Contact Early European Activity in Polynesia Polynesian Society and Politics in the Early Contact Period Captivity Narratives Prologue James Morrison of Tahiti Peter Hagerstein of Tahiti Edward Robarts of Marquesas William Torrey of Marquesas John Young of Hawai'i George Vason of Tonga William Mariner of Tonga James Read of Tonga David Whippy of Fiji John Twyning of Fiji, Wallis and Futuna William Diaper the Wanderer Captivity Experiences Becoming a Beachcomber Becoming a Polynesian The Immigrant's Role Cultural Modifiers Beachcombers and the World Epilogue: Beachcombers and History Select Bibliography Index ...

Klappentext
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.

At first, Europeans crossed the oceans only for compelling reasons: the passion for scientific research, the dedication to Christian evangelism, or the uncompromising profit motive. Later, settlers and government officials followed in the wake of these early explorers. Scattered in the interstices of contact relationships were large numbers of men whose interest was not in changing native society or profiting from it, but in experiencing primitive life and simply surviving itself. These men included castaways and deserters, some abandoned by their captains and others kidnapped by the islanders. Their prospects depended on their successful integration into Polynesian society-and in making themselves useful by applying European knowledge and skills to local situations and by mediating between islanders and their insistent visitors.

Zusammenfassung
A study of the experiences of Europeans and Americans who lived among Pacific islanders as integrated members of their communities. Jealousy, ethnocentism and violence on both sides competed with humanitarian interests and indigenous hospitality to shape the emerging pattern of relationships.

Inhalt
Preface
Culture Contact and Polynesia
Men in the Margins of Culture Contact
Early European Activity in Polynesia
Polynesian Society and Politics in the Early Contact Period
Captivity Narratives
Prologue
James Morrison of Tahiti
Peter Hagerstein of Tahiti
Edward Robarts of Marquesas
William Torrey of Marquesas
John Young of Hawai'i
George Vason of Tonga
William Mariner of Tonga
James Read of Tonga
David Whippy of Fiji
John Twyning of Fiji, Wallis and Futuna
William Diaper the Wanderer
Captivity Experiences
Becoming a Beachcomber
Becoming a Polynesian
The Immigrant's Role
Cultural Modifiers
Beachcombers and the World
Epilogue: Beachcombers and History
Select Bibliography
Index

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