Dynamite offers a radical re-examination of the "Father of Modern China" Dr. Sun Yatsen's globally shaped formation as a professional revolutionist, and of the dynamic impact on his Chinese revolution of Sun's relationship in the 1890s with Hawai'i and with Robert Wilcox, "Hawai'i's Garibaldi".

Patrick Anderson works for Queen Mary, University of London. He lectured at universities in Beijing and Guangzhou (Canton) in mainland China in the 1990s.

Part One Introduction 1. Sun Yatsen: Evolution of a Professional Revolutionist Part Two 2. The Five-Year Lifecycle of the Hawaiian Republic, 1893 to 1898 3. Hawai'i Politics and the Hawaiian-Chinese Huaqiao Struggle for Political Recognition, circa 1887 to 1898 4. Sun Yatsen in Honolulu: 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 5. Robert Wilcox, Hawai'i's Garibaldi 6. E. C. Crick, 'The Man with Many Professions' 7. A Tale of Two Revolutionary Failures: Honolulu and Canton, 1895 Part Three 8. Sun Yatsen and the Hawaiian Star Appendix 1: Sun Yatsen's Unknown Fifth Visit to Hawai¿i, 18 April to 5 June 1901 Appendix 2: Sun Yatsen, Hawaiian Citizen?: A Re-Investigation of the Mystery of Sun Yatsen's Hawaiian Birth Certificate Appendix 3: Constitutions and Voting Rights in Hawai¿i during Sun Yatsen's Seven Visits, 1879-1910 Appendix 4: Did Robert Wilcox Have Two Chinese Nephews? Appendix 5: (Not Necessarily) Sun Yatsen's Hawai¿i?