Dark Paradise: Pacific Islands in the Nineteenth-Century British Imagination

by Jennifer Fuller

Book Overview

Examines the way in which the British transformed the Pacific islands during the nineteenth century
The discovery of the Pacific islands amplified the qualities of mystery and exoticism already associated with 'foreign' islands. Their 'savage' peoples, their isolation, and their sheer beauty fascinated British visitors across the long nineteenth century. Dark Paradise argues that while the British originally believed the islands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474426115
• ISBN13: 9781474426114
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"