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![]() ![]() ![]() Using the Mutiny on the Bounty as the staging event unfolding within a vastly larger theatrical canvas of the Pacific region and Island cultures, Dening deftly connects the projection of power metaphors of the British empire and its naval fleets, the subjugated sailors disciplined with brutal floggings that led to high desertion rates, and the conflicts arising from ignorance and arrogance regarding the mythic structures that prevailed among native islanders. ![]() Author Greg Dening, Australian History Professor of the Pacific, has artistically woven together a richly textured tapestry of a momentous era of 19th century naval history. ![]()
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