Excerpt from Revolt in Paradise: The Social Revolution in Hawaii After Pearl HarborThe handful of men whose word hitherto had been almighty in Hawaii may seem to emerge out of the fol lowing pages as ogres full-blown, evil men without scruple. That is not their nature. Almost without exception, the autocrats who ruled Hawaii are men with a highly inbred sense of righteousness. They are men with too deeply in herent a conscience to depart one iota from their code. But that, precisely, was the key to their wickedness.It was this code and the ruthless manner in which they enforced it that made of Hawaii a community in chains.The code was harsh and on the surface it was outdated. At first glance it seemed to be a remnant of the fire and brimstone fervor with which the missionary forebears of these autocrats ruled the Islands after their arrival in 1820. Missionary descendants kept their tight grip on the island community because they had discovered it was something worth holding on to. Destiny had passed their role 'onto them, and their task was a holy one which kept them tremendously rich.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.