The Hawaiian Kingdom-Volume 1 : Foundation and Transformation, 1778-1854 /

The colorful history of the Hawaiian Islands, since their discovery in 1778 by the great British navigator Captain James Cook, falls naturally into three periods. During the first, Hawaii was a monarchy ruled by native kings and queens. Then came the perilous transition period when new leaders, afte...

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Autor principal: Kuykendall, Ralph S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword to Fifth Printing
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • I. Introduction: A Glimpse of Ancient Hawaii
  • II. Coming of the Foreigners
  • III. Kamehameha and the Founding of the Kingdom
  • IV. 1819
  • V. Kamehameha II
  • VI. Early Commercial Development
  • VII. New Religion and New Learning
  • VIII. The Early Years of the Reign of Kamehameha III: Regency of Kaahumanu
  • IX. The Troubled Thirties
  • X. The Birth of Constitutional Government
  • XI. Industry, Agriculture, Manufactures
  • XII. The Recognition of Hawaii's Independence
  • XIII. The Paulet Episode
  • XIV. Governmental Reorganization in the Midst of Difficulties
  • XV. The Land Revolution
  • XVI. Commercial and Agricultural Progress, 1830-1854
  • XVII. Religious and Educational Development, 1840-1854
  • XVIII. The Struggle for Equitable Treaties
  • XIX. The Shadow of Destiny
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Index

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