Review: Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i, by Christen T. Sasaki

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Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i, by Christen T. Sasaki Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i. By Christen T. Sasaki. (Oakland, University of California Press, 2022. 266 pp.) Douglas V. Askman Douglas V. Askman Hawai‘i Pacific University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (4): 666–667. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.666 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Douglas V. Askman; Review: Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i, by Christen T. Sasaki. Pacific Historical Review 1 November 2023; 92 (4): 666–667. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.666 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i by Christen T. Sasaki examines the half decade that followed the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893. During these years the white oligarchy in Hawai‘i that deposed Queen Lili‘uokalani with American diplomatic and military assistance labeled itself the Provisional Government (1893–1894) and then the Republic of Hawai‘i (1894–1898) as it attempted to secure annexation of the Islands by the United States. By looking at a wide range of case studies in the years immediately following the overthrow of the monarchy, Sasaki has skillfully revealed that the annexation of Hawai‘i at the end of the nineteenth century was not part of an inevitable process. The white oligarchy was well aware of this, and Sasaki’s research uncovers the persistent apprehension of the Provisional Government and the Republic. The author also highlights how Native Hawaiians adroitly deployed the principles of international law and... You do not currently have access to this content.