Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: ‘See modern Fame’
- 1 Otaheite and the Scandal of Celebrity
- 2 The Immortality of James Cook
- 3 Consuming the Bounty Mutiny
- 4 Botany Bay and the Limits of the Public Sphere
- Epilogue: The ‘Unknown Public’, and Tahíti as It Was
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Tables and Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: ‘See modern Fame’
- 1 Otaheite and the Scandal of Celebrity
- 2 The Immortality of James Cook
- 3 Consuming the Bounty Mutiny
- 4 Botany Bay and the Limits of the Public Sphere
- Epilogue: The ‘Unknown Public’, and Tahíti as It Was
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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- Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania in Britain1770–1823, pp. vi - viiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019