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The Hawaiian Republic (1894-98)
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| Title | The Hawaiian Republic (1894-98) |
| ASIN | 094563644X -
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| Category | History |
| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Modified | Gerald Farinas - January 07, 2004 07:56pm |
| Description | The Hawai'ian Republic (1894-98): And Its Struggle to Win Annexation
by William Adam Russ
February 1995
In this second volume of his study, William Adam Russ, Jr. follows up on the story of the turn of the century revolution that abrogated the monarchy and ended the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Hawai'ian Islands. The Hawai'ian Republic (1894-98) chronicles how the Hawai'ian government leaders had to establish and preserve a stable nation with themselves in power while representing only a small minority of the citizenry - and at the same time maintain a semblance of democratic principles to convince the United States Congress and the American people that Hawai'i was worthy of joining the Union. In January of 1893 a small group of businessmen primarily of American background launched a revolution in the Hawai'ian Kingdom. Their objective was to abrogate monarchy, declare a provisional government, and seek annexation to the United States. They ultimately succeeded in the first two objectives but failed in the third. In his earlier study, The Hawai'ian Revolution (1893-94), Russ made it clear that annexation to the United States, rather than the establishment of an independent state, was the primary aim of the revolutionists. Their failure to achieve annexation from the Cleveland administration forced the leadership to form a permanent government until union could be reached. In the present study, Russ discusses the problems faced by the revolutionary Hawai'ian government leading up to annexation. While most of the native Hawai'ians and others refused to support or cooperate with that government, the government had to appear to be a popular institution with the citizenry in order to appeal to the Americans. To make matters worse, the population included a large majority of immigrants who were not allowed to participate in civic affairs - and at the same time Japan was making demands on the government to give rights to Japanese immigrants equal to all other foreigners on the Islands. |
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