A Power in the World: The Hawaiian Kingdom in Oceania

by Lorenz Gonschor

Book Overview

Few people today know that in the nineteenth century, Hawai'i was not only an internationally recognized independent nation but played a crucial role in the entire Pacific region and left an important legacy throughout Oceania. As the first non-Western state to gain full recognition as a coequal of the Western powers, yet at the same time grounded in indigenous tradition and identity, the Hawaiian Kingdom occupied a unique position in the late nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824888294
• ISBN13: 9780824888299
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"