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Free Hawaii? From what? Hawaii was an independent kingdom for a century before it was annexed. They used their autonomy to completely change their culture from top to bottom in a single generation. By themselves.
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► Books
Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii - James L. Haley (2014)
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Unfamiliar Fishes - Sarah Vowell (2011)
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A History of Hawaii - Ralph Kuykendall (1926)
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The Hawaiian Kingdom, Vols 1-3 - Ralph Kuykendall (1938, 1953, 1967)
https://ulukau.org/ulukau-books/?a=d&d=EBOOK-KINGDOM1
https://ulukau.org/ulukau-books/?a=d&d=EBOOK-KINGDOM2
https://ulukau.org/ulukau-books/?a=d&d=EBOOK-KINGDOM3
Overthrow - Stephen Kinzer (2006)
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The Wide Wide Sea - Hampton Sides (2024)
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia - Christina Thompson (2019)
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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen - Liliuokalani (1898)
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Hawaiian Antiquities - David Malo (1839)
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Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii - Samuel Kamakau (1961)
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► Documentaries/Movies/Videos
Nation Within: The Story of America’s Annexation of Hawai’i - PBS Hawaii (1998)
https://youtu.be/XOj8xkeRCUU
Conquest of Hawaii - Steve Kroopnick (2003)
https://youtu.be/nne0-9XPkLA
Hawaii: The Stolen Paradise - Luis Castro (2014)
https://youtu.be/5l_6Cz1qZNc
KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials - Keoni Alvarez (1998)
https://youtu.be/2MLWBLmpSOI
► Websites and Other Reading
https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/12/212localnews29.html
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/05/25/travel/tsutsumi.html
https://www.oha.org/wp-content/uploads/Estimated-Population-of-the-Hawaiian-Islands-1778-1896.pdf
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1894app2/d5
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1945/november/army-and-navy-kamehameha-i
► Video and Photo Credits
Drunk History S2E7: Hawaii (2014)
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Hawaii (1966)
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All images and videos were taken personally during my trip, purchased from Dreamstime or Shutterstock, or from Wikimedia Commons.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Preface
00:05:35 Introduction
00:12:17 Polynesian Settlement
00:22:08 Ancient Hawaii
00:32:45 European Contact
00:47:11 Unification
01:06:09 Kingdom of Hawaii
01:13:42 The New Order
01:21:37 Henry Obookiah
01:28:24 A Centuries-Old Lie
01:33:58 Sandwich Islands Mission
01:44:23 Christian Laws
01:52:27 Liholiho and King George
01:58:21 Ka'ahumanu's Reign
02:07:09 Kamehameha III
02:14:26 International Recognition
02:22:24 Conclusion
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