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The Hawai'ian Revolution (1893-94)
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| Title | The Hawai'ian Revolution (1893-94) |
| ASIN | 0945636431 -
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| Category | History |
| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
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| Description | The Hawai'ian Revolution (1893-94)
by William Adam Russ
February 1995
In this study, William Adam Russ, Jr. details the events of the turn of the century revolution that abrogated the monarchy and ended the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Hawai'ian Islands. First published in 1959, The Hawai'ian Revolution (1893-94) uses as its primary sources the official documents of the United States government and those of the governments of Hawai'i: Kingdom, Provisional, and Republic. Other primary sources include the collections in archives and libraries of the major figures of the period; the printed works of governments and individuals; secondary works in books, periodicals, and articles; and newspapers in key cities. In nine chapters, the author focuses on the days of the revolution, the reactions to the news in the United States, the attempts to annex the islands, the policies of the presidents and the secretaries of state, and the debates in Congress. He concludes with the failure of passage of the annexation treaty of 1893. Critical but not condemning of the actions and policies of the American leadership at the time, Russ does not write as if the United States were never mistaken and unjust in its behavior. If the annexation of the Hawai'ian Kingdom was an extension of American imperialist expansion, it was not an official movement of the government. It was instead the final legalization of what had been decades of American dominance of Hawai'i. It was the inevitable exchange of island sovereignty for American sovereignty. Russ censors the mechanism (revolution) by which the exchange was accomplished but not the end result (annexation). Thus, if the truth of the events of 1893 demands that American actions be fully exposed, Russ does so only to clarify and condemn the deeds and misdeeds of American leadership. It is as if he were giving Americans a lesson in morality to ease the American conscience and respond to its sensibilities. |
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