Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
A American History, Nonfiction, North American Hi... book. Liliu then went on to offer advice to her young niece, whom...
Around 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook. 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. Born in 1838, she lived through the nearly complete economic transformation of the islands. Lucrative sugar plantations gradually subsumed the majority of the land, owned almost exclusively by white planters, dubbed the “Sugar Kings.” Hawai‘i became a prize in the contest between America, Britain, and France, each seeking to expand their military and commercial influence in the Pacific. The monarchy had become a figurehead, victim to manipulation from the wealthy sugar plantation owners. Lili‘uokalani was determined...
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Liliu then went on to offer advice to her young niece, whom she realized was old enough to understand the burden as well as the privilege of being an alii. You must learn to control your feelings, that was what saved my life. I would have worked myself up to that pitch of excitement as to have been injurious to my health and to be calm and cool at all times is the easiest waybe self possessed and it will be sure to react on the opposite partybut the true secret is to know your own worth. If you were to mould your character in everything that is upright... As Americans gained a new belief in their manifest destiny around the globe, Hawaiians lost their country, the first sovereign nation to become a casualty of Americas imperial outreach. Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom: The Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure //
I will start by saying that I was in the mood to read a good, solid history book, and this definitely fit the bill. In addition, I did not know much about the history of Hawaii prior to it being annexed by the U.S., and this book did a great job in filling that gap for me. The neat thing about reading it is that it "reads" like a fiction... If you don't know anything of Hawaii's monarchy or the missionaries and sugar kings that laid waste to Hawaiian cultures in ALL aspects-- this book will fill in all the blank spaces. Most of us know Hawaii as a tourist paradise, Barack Obama's birthplace and the location of numerous movies and television programs. The fate of the the... This fascinating book about the history of Hawaii leading up to its annexation by the United States covers some of the same material as Sarah Vowells recent and also wonderful book, Unfamiliar Fishes, but Lost Kingdom goes into greater detail, especially about the life of Liliuokalani, Hawaiis last queen. Liliuokalani was educated by...
