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Postcolonial Travel Writing of 1850’s Hawai'i: A Reading of O. A. Bushnell’s Ka’a’awa

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 116 - 133
Published on: Jun 24, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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