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Author:
Vowell, Sarah, 1969-
Title:
Unfamiliar fishes / Sarah Vowell.
Edition:
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Riverhead Books,
Copyright Date:
2012, c2011
Description:
238 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Hawaii--History.
Hawaii--Annexation to the United States.
Hawaii--Colonization.
Americanization--History.
Imperialism--History.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Foreign relations--1897-1901.
Hawaii--History.
Americanization--History.
Imperialism--History.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Foreign relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238).
Summary:
Sarah Vowell traces the history of Hawaii as the fiftieth state, describing how the US annexed the Republic of Hawaii, along with Puerto Rico and Guam, in 1898, and discussing the efforts to "Americanize" Hawaiians by introducing Christianity and overthrowing their queen.
Indexed by:
Publisher's Weekly, December 2010
New York Times, April 2011
Kirkus Review, January 2011
Library Journal web only, March 2011
Publisher's Weekly
New York Times
Kirkus Review
ISBN:
159448564X
9781594485640 (pbk.)
Locations:
XJPC657 -- Malvern Public Library (Malvern)
BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)

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