The Rights of My People

The Rights of My People revisits Liliuokalani's first battle for Hawaii - the 1893 coup d?etat and annexation in 1898 - through a new perspective: The harsh remnants of the Civil War, the missionary?s disquieting view of race, and the emerging role of Hawaiian women.  Explored for the first time is the second battle - the fate of the Crown lands, a quarter of the Hawaii islands, taken illegally in the 1893 coup d?etat and contested aggressively by Liliuokalani through 1910. ="" with="" prev