Island queens and mission wives : how gender and empire remade Hawai'i's Pacific world /
In the late eighteenth century, Hawai'i's ruling elite employed sophisticated methods for resisting foreign intrusion. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, American missionaries had gained a foothold in the islands. Jennifer Thigpen explains this important shift by focusing on two group...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Gender & American culture.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Book review (H-Net) |
| Summary: | In the late eighteenth century, Hawai'i's ruling elite employed sophisticated methods for resisting foreign intrusion. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, American missionaries had gained a foothold in the islands. Jennifer Thigpen explains this important shift by focusing on two groups of women: missionary wives and high-ranking Hawaiian women. Examining the enduring and personal exchange between these groups, Thigpen argues that women's relationships became vital to building and maintaining the diplomatic and political alliances that ultimately shaped the islands' political future. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469614298 1469614294 |