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Unfamiliar fishes

by Sarah Vowell

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From the bestselling author of *The Wordy Shipmates* comes an examination of Hawaii's emblematic and exceptional history, retracing the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.

HistoryAnnexation to the United StatesTerritorial expansionImperialismAmericanizationForeign relationsColonization
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