Island Queens and Mission Wives How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai'i's Pacific World |
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| Author:
| Thigpen, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Gender and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-6883-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2021 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In the late eighteenth century, Hawai'i's ruling elite employed sophisticated methods for resisting foreign intrusion. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, American missionaries had gained a foothold in the islands. Jennifer Thigpen explains this shift by focusing on two groups of women: missionary wives and high-ranking Hawaiian women.
In the late eighteenth century, Hawai'i's ruling elite employed sophisticated methods for resisting foreign intrusion. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, American missionaries had gained a foothold in the islands. Jennifer Thigpen explains this shift by focusing on two groups of women: missionary wives and high-ranking Hawaiian women.