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Imperial Maine and Hawai'i : interpretive essays in the history of nineteenth-century American expansion / Paul T. Burlin.

Author/creator Burlin, Paul T., 1946-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 297 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- An imperilism of the spirit -- Peter Allen Brinsmande and the tragic pursuit of a pious capitalism -- Elias Bond and Daniel Dole : laboring for Christ in Hawai'i -- Luther severance : Whig ideologue as diplomat -- Elisha Hunt Allen and the search for a "compentency" -- James G. Blaine, John L. Stevens, and visions of imperial grandeur -- Sanford Ballard Dole and the "new state of things" -- Harold Marsh Sewall and imperial consummation -- Conclusion : heirs to empire.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-287) and index.
LCCN 2005037906
ISBN0739114662 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739114667

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