Hawaii

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">So the Bible said, but American missionaries found Hawaii a paradise where pleasure reigned, and the sense of sin was difficult to teach</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> To the question of acquiring new territories overseas, and owning colonies, one group of Americans answered with a resounding “No!”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> For a century Hawaii’s westernmost island has stubbornly resisted the tides of change</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> He Never Got Hawaii out of His System</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">The trouble with having (and being) a hero</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The White Man’s Burden</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The Hawaii of centuries long past emerges from the landscapes crossed by its ancient trails.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Long before it became a state, Hawaii enchanted Americans with a vision of tropical ease, languid music, and a steady throb of sensuality. That life disappeared on December 7, 1941, but vivid traces of it remain.</span></p>

<p>Although his flamboyant successor, Theodore Roosevelt, greatly overshadowed him, William McKinney deserves credit for establishing the United States as a global power, acquiring Hawaii and Puerto Rico, establishing the “fair trade” doctrine, and paving the way for TR’s accomplishments.</p>