Myth captain cook (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None Issued. Reprint. 164 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Paperback. In'The Captain Cook Myth', Jillian Robertson delves into the Australian relationship with its national culture-hero James Cook, exploring the mythology and historicity that has built up over time in the Australian psyche.   1981, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light age tanning of the edges.…

Super Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 176 pages.

8vo. 164pp. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a very good copy. . First edition.

1st. Aust. Ed. (8), 164 PP with 35 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Renewed front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14. Brief history of the successive discoveries of Australia prior to 1770 plus the adulation of Cook as Australia's national hero: the statues, monuments, towns, rivers, university, etc. which bear his name. …

Paperback. Jillian Robertson, Angus & Robertson Publishers. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA work of historical inquiry, The Captain Cook Myth by Jillian Robertson challenges the romanticized and often distorted narratives that have long surrounded the legendary British explorer James Cook. Robertson argues that the heroic image of Cook, celebrated in Western culture as a great discoverer and navigator, was largely constructed through selective storytelling, colonial ideology, and the deliberate erasure of Indigenous perspectives. With a sharp, critical tone, the work uncovers the political and cultural forces that shaped Cook's legacy, presenting a more complex and at times troubling portrait of the man and the era he represented. Drawing on historical records and cross-cultural analysis, Robertson illustrates how myths of exploration served to justify empire-building and the dispossession of Pacific peoples. The result is a thought-provoking reassessment that invites readers to reconsider not just one man's legacy, but the broader machinery of colonial myth-making itself. Paperback.…

8vo (21.5x14cm), paperback, prelims + 164pp. Good condition. General light wear. A little bumped and creased, age-toned and lightly foxed. Pictures available on request.