Lost kingdom :
Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960-
Lost kingdom : Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure / Julia Flynn Siler. - First edition. - xxx, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-395) and index.
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.
9780802120014 : $30.00 0802120016 : $30.00
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917 --Political and social views.
United States--Relations--Hawaii.
Hawaii--Relations--United States.
DU627 / .S55 2012
996.902 / S582L
Lost kingdom : Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure / Julia Flynn Siler. - First edition. - xxx, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-395) and index.
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.
9780802120014 : $30.00 0802120016 : $30.00
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917 --Political and social views.
United States--Relations--Hawaii.
Hawaii--Relations--United States.
DU627 / .S55 2012
996.902 / S582L