Captive paradise : a history of Hawaii /
James L. Haley.
- First edition.
- xxxvii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-384) and index.
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.
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Hawaii--History. Hawaii--Annexation to the United States.