Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai‘i’s Pacific World (Gender and American Culture)
Island Queens and Mission Wives explores the ways gender and empire reshaped Hawai‘i’s Pacific world. Focusing on the connected histories evoked by island queens and mission wives, Jennifer Thigpen offers a study of power, culture, and historical change within the broader context of American culture and the Pacific.
About This Book
Island Queens and Mission Wives examines the relationship between gender and empire in Hawai‘i’s Pacific world.
The book focuses on the historical roles and experiences represented by island queens and mission wives.
Jennifer Thigpen considers how gendered relationships shaped the wider history of Hawai‘i and the Pacific.
This study contributes to discussions of American culture, empire, and the historical transformation of Pacific societies.
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