Unfamiliar fishes / Sarah Vowell.
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TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2012; �2011Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. edDescription: 238 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 9781594485640Subject(s): Hawaii -- History | Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States | Hawaii -- Colonization | Americanization -- History | Imperialism -- History | United States -- Territorial expansion | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1897-1901DDC classification: 996.9 LOC classification: DU625 | .V89 2012Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238).
Publishers Weekly, December 2010
New York Times, April 2011
Kirkus Review, January 2011
Library Journal web only, March 2011
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.
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