Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Prologue 1
5. ONE • Honolulu 5
6. TWO • The Speculators' Club 18
7. THREE • Kit-Fat Wife 27
8. FOUR • Coolies 36
9. FIVE • Annexation Postponed 45
10. SIX • The Chinese Merchants' Ball 55
11. SEVEN • Julia 63
12. EIGHT • Civil Wars 76
13. NINE • Pig Trade/Poison Trade 85
14. TEN • The Contract Labor Controversy 92
15. ELEVEN • Happy Days in Nu'uanu 102
16. TWELVE • A Lei of Red Lehua 111
17. THIRTEEN • A Mandarin's White Button 121
18. FOURTEEN • Columbia and Hawai'i Nei 128
19. FIFTEEN • The Honorable Afong 136
20. SIXTEEN • The Moreno Affair 146
21. SEVENTEEN • Smallpox 171
22. EIGHTEEN • The China Treaty 178
23. NINETEEN • Afong Resigns 183
24. TWENTY • The Coronation 191
25. TWENTY-ONE • The Great Chinatown Fire 198
26. TWENTY-TWO • The Opium Bribe 207
27. TWENTY-THREE • Exclusion 217
28. Epilogue 224
29. A Note on Sources 231
30. Notes 235
31. Bibliography 259
32. Index 271
33. About the Author 277
34. Map 278