Imperial Maine and Hawai'i: Interpretative Essays in the History of Nineteenth Century American ExpansionImperial Maine and Hawai'i analyzes and elucidates some of the major themes and currents that shaped nineteenth-century American expansion in the Pacific. While the method used is a discussion of the lives and activities of individual Maine residents who were living in Hawai'i or dealing regularly with the archipelago, Paul T. Burlin's book is not a mere work of state history. Rather, the individual actors are employed as a proxy to discuss the larger issues involved in American imperialism. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
An Imperialism of the Spirit | 7 |
Peter Allen Brinsmade and the Tragic Pursuit of a Pious Capitalism | 21 |
Elias Bond and Daniel Dole Laboring for Christ in Hawaii | 57 |
Luther Severance Whig Ideologue as Diplomat | 95 |
Elisha Hunt Allen and the Search for a Competency | 135 |
James G Blaine John L Stevens and Visions of Imperial Grandeur | 159 |
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