Nation Within, Tom Coffman
Nation Within, Tom Coffman
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Nation Within
The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i

Author: Tom Coffman

Narrator: Kaipo Schwab

Unabridged: 12 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/20/2022

Synopsis

In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai'i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South. In Nation Within Tom Coffman tells the complex history of the unsuccessful efforts of deposed Hawaiian queen Lili'uokalani and her subjects to resist annexation, which eventually came in 1898. Coffman describes native Hawaiian political activism, the queen's visits to Washington, D.C., to lobby for independence, and her imprisonment, along with hundreds of others, after their aborted armed insurrection. Exposing the myths that fueled the narrative that native Hawaiians willingly relinquished their nation, Coffman shows how Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt conspired to extinguish Hawai'i's sovereignty in the service of expanding the United States' growing empire.

About Tom Coffman

Tom Coffman is an award-winning independent writer and filmmaker. He is the author of several books, including The Island Edge of America: A Political History of Hawai'i, and the producer of many documentaries, including O Hawai'i: From Settlement to Kingdom and Nation Within.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on August 14, 2023

A book that digs into the details of the American takeover of the nation of Hawaii. Some takeaways: One of the ways the U.S. government has avoided widespread censure for its dealings with Hawaii is by truthfully claiming that the Republic of Hawaii willingly ceded control of its territory. The proble......more

Goodreads review by Talia on December 19, 2024

Very informative, but I would prefer to read from an indigenous point of view.......more

Goodreads review by Claire on January 05, 2025

Starting out the year with this somewhat tough read in preparation for an upcoming trip to Hawai'i. This book is nothing if not comprehensive and didn't leave a single stone unturned. However, I wish the author had decided if it was going to be strictly non-fiction, or non-fiction with storytelling/......more

Goodreads review by Clint on February 19, 2024

Great book. Covers all the attempts to colonize Hawaii and how the U.S., eventually, took control. Which was done "without permission" from the government. But still accepted with little pushback. Also, believe it or not, in a very racist way. Absolutely worth a read or a listen. Especially if you c......more

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