Lost kingdom : Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure / Julia Flynn Siler.
2012
DU627 .S55 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Lost kingdom : Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure / Julia Flynn Siler.
Author
Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780802120014
0802120016
0802120016
Publication Details
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xxx, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DU627 .S55 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
996.902 S582L
Summary
Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, "Lost Hawaii" brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i.
Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Island kingdom. Born in paradise ; Progress and liberty ; Aloha ; High chiefs of Sugardom ; Pele's wrath
The House of Kalākaua. Merrie monarch ; To England ; Bayonet Constitution ; Be not deceived ; Enemies in the household
Manifest Destiny. Pious adventurers ; Crime of the century ; Secrets of the flower beds ; Kingdom come ; Born under an unlucky star.
The House of Kalākaua. Merrie monarch ; To England ; Bayonet Constitution ; Be not deceived ; Enemies in the household
Manifest Destiny. Pious adventurers ; Crime of the century ; Secrets of the flower beds ; Kingdom come ; Born under an unlucky star.