Lost Kingdom
Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure
The New York Times-bestselling author delivers a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii . . . A real gem of a book (Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot). Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the 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 tran…
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Weitere Autoren: Harrison, Jim
- ISBN: 978-0-8021-9488-6
- EAN: 9780802194886
- Produktnummer: 21832407
- Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'464 KB
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