"The dramatic history of America's tropical paradise. The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals--from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes, to the early Polynesian adventurers who sailed across the Pacific in double canoes, the Spanish galleons en route to the Philippines,...

"This thesis explores the agency of Muscogee Creek women through the letters of Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins during the plan for civilization. It finds their voice in methods of resistance and acquiescence through adaptations of both geographic and intangible space, and through forms of consumption. Using the letters Benjamin Hawkins wrote during his time in Creek territory, references to women and their interactions gives some insight into their...