Lost kingdom : Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802120014 :
ISBN: 0802120016 :
Physical Description: print
xxx, 415 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-395) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.