Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxxvii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The loneliness of a God -- "Disobey, and die" -- The suicide of Kapu -- Abhorring a vacuum -- The new morality -- Becoming little Americans -- A sweet taste -- Captains and cannons -- A nation among nations -- The Great Mahele -- The Anglican attraction -- Useful marriages -- Mountains of sugar -- Taffy triumphant -- A voice like distant thunder -- Queen at last -- The coup -- The inscrutable Mr. Blount -- Countercoup and annexation -- Angry Luaus. |
Subject |
Hawaii -- History.
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Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States.
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ISBN |
9780312600655 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0312600658 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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