For a decade and a half, Gavan Daws headed historical research on the Pacific and Southeast Asia in the Australian National University's Institute of Advanced Studies. He was a member of the UNESCO Commission on the Cultural and Scientific History of Humankind, and was elected to the Academy of the Humanities in Australia.
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The Hawaiian kingdom was tiny, and the big world was huge. The nineteenth century was the high water mark of Western imperialism, worldwide, and the great powers were planting their flags across the Pacific. Hawai'i was in their sights. By late in the cen... SEE MORE