Home

The Languages of Prejudice: Doubleday, World War I, and the Pacific

Panel: 
Paradise and Its Discontents: 19th and Early 20th Century European and American Representations of Polynesian and Melanesian Culture and Society
Abstract: 

The publisher F. N. Doubleday and his wife travelled in 1918-9 in the Pacific as Commissioners of the Red Cross, filing official and often prejudicial reports, as well as writing an informal diary for the entertainment of their children until Mrs. Doubleday suddenly died en route.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Eva-Marie
Last Name: 
Kroller
Institution: 
University of British Columbia