The Gifts of Civilization: Germs and Genocide in Hawaii by O.A. Bushnell

The Gifts of Civilization: Germs and Genocide in Hawaii

O.A. Bushnell

352 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1778 Captain James Cook made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. The members of his expedition and subsequent visitors brought to the previously isolated Hawaiian people new things, novel ideas, and, of greatest consequence, devastating al...

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