Kahana : How the Land Was Lost /

This volume is the most detailed case study of land tenure in Hawaii. Focusing on kuleana (homestead land) in Kahana, Oahu, from 1846 to 1920, the author challenges commonly held views concerning the Great Mähele (Division) of 1846-1855 and its aftermath. There can be no argument that in the fifty...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stauffer, Robert H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Land reform > Hawaii > History.
Land tenure > Hawaii > History.
Réforme agraire > Hawaii > Histoire.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Land reform.
Land tenure.
Hawaii.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Transliteration and Language
  • Maps
  • Introduction. How the Land Was Taken, How the Land Was Lost
  • Chapter 1. The History of the Land, 1846-1855
  • Chapter 2. A Second Generation, 1856-1873
  • Chapter 3. Counter-Revolution, 1874-1887
  • Chapter 4. The Land Is Lost, 1888-1903
  • Chapter 5. Denouement, 1904-1920
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Related information from Stauffer doctoral dissertation
  • Appendix 2. The maka'āinana families, 1856-1873
  • Appendix 3. Maka'āinana relations, 1874-1887
  • Appendix 4. Various competing claims for several of the kuleana from the 1888-1903 period
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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