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Women and Children First
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 212

Women and Children First

Historian Gerda Lerner posed the question: What would history be like if seen through the eyes of women? In this insightful and sympathetic look at Hawaii's first female territorial senator, Elsie Wilcox (1874-1954), Judith Dean Gething Hughes adapts Lerner's question to tell the story of a remarkable woman whose life reflects key aspects of the social history of modern Hawaii: the enormous impact of nineteenth-century missionaries and of the sugar plantations, which dominated Hawaii's economy for nearly a century after the Civil War; the powerful influence of the American progressive movement in public education and social welfare; and the onset of the "bloodless revolution" of the 1950s, w...

Merchant Prince of the Sandalwood Mountains
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Merchant Prince of the Sandalwood Mountains

Merchant Prince of the Sandalwood Mountains will give readers an in-depth account of one of Hawaii most intriguing personalities and the role of the Chinese in nineteenth-century Hawaii.

Anna
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 331

Anna

David Penhallow-Scott and Jane Hoff have written a fascinating and charming biography of Anna and the five generations of her family as it settled in the Hawaiian Islands. They came as missionaries and sea captains but grew to be power-brokers who mingled and intermarried with royalty. Family photographs and letters complete the intimate look into the sometimes eccentric goulash of relatives who left an indelible mark on Hawaii as it grew from a kingdom into a U.S. territory and state.

The Feminist Pacific
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 502

The Feminist Pacific

As competing American, European, and later Japanese imperial and colonial ambitions spread across the ocean in the nineteenth century, Honolulu emerged as a transnational hub for the exchange of ideas. Rumi Yasutake reveals the pivotal role of women’s organizing in this era of rapid globalization, tracing how diverse movements intersected and converged in Hawai‘i—with worldwide consequences. The Feminist Pacific examines transnational networks in Hawai‘i beginning in 1820, with the arrival of American missionary wives, and through the rise of women’s internationalism in the interwar years. It follows an array of suffragists, missionaries, maternalists, and antiwar activists in thei...

Index to the Hawaiian Journal of History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 230

Index to the Hawaiian Journal of History

The Hawaiian Journal of History, first published in 1967, is a scholarly journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawaii, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Each issue includes articles; illustrations; book reviews; notes and queries; and a bibliography of Hawaiian titles of historical interest. This is the index to over 300 articles.

Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 1998-1999
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 988

Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 1998-1999

"A real find for the aspiring writer."--"The Associated Press "In-depth information."--"The Writer Who are they? What do they want? How do you win them over? Find the answers to these questions and more in the 1998-1999 edition of the "Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents by Jeff Herman. Filled with "the information authors and aspiring authors need in order to avoid having a manuscript end up in the "slush pile," this comprehensive listing is organized in an easy-to-use format. It includes in-depth information about publishing houses and literary agents in the United States and Canada. The specifics include the names and addresses of editors and agents, what they'...

Uncoverings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

Uncoverings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Book Publishing Record
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1328

American Book Publishing Record

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Acquisition List
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 242

Acquisition List

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Who's who in the West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 784

Who's who in the West

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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