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Dismembering lāhui : a history of the Hawaiian nation to 1887

A Native Hawaiian writing about the people of the land's (lāhui) historical struggle for national identity, Osorio (history, U. of Hawaii at Manoa) traces transformations begun in 1795 to the forced deposition of King Kalakaua in 1887 and boycott of the Bayonet Constitution. Lastly, he discusses the current sovereignty movement. Includes period photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, ©2002