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The kingdom and the republic : sovereign Hawai'i and the early United States /

In 1823, as the first American missionaries arrived in Hawaiʻi, the archipelago was experiencing a profound transformation in its rule, as oral law that had been maintained for hundreds of years was in the process of becoming codified anew through the medium of writing. The arrival of sailors in pur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arista, Noelani (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Colección:America in the nineteenth century.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. He Ao 'Ōlelo: A World of Words
  • Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Mana: Obligation, Debt, and Trade
  • Chapter 2. Creating an Island Imaginary: Hawai'i's American Origins
  • Chapter 3. The Isles Shall Wait for His Law: Planting the American Congregational Mission
  • Chapter 4. Hawaiian Women, Kapu, and the Emergence of Kānāwai
  • Chapter 5. Libel, Law, and Justice Before the 'Aha 'ōlelo
  • Afterword
  • Appendix. Textual Sources and Research Methods
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments