Showing Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States (California World History Library) by Gary Y. Okihiro
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Depicts Hawai'i's press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. This book reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. It revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents.