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Hawaiian
National Bibliography, 1780-1900: Volume 4: 1881-1900 ed. by David W. Forbes A record of printed works that records the most volatile period in Hawaii's history. American business interests and the desire for a constitutional monarchy were pitted against the desire of the monarchs to strengthen the power of the throne. The 1887 and 1889 revolutions were succeeded by the overthrow of the monarchy on January 17, 1893. 2004 Ka Palapala Pookela Award for Excellence in Text or Reference Books. (808pp - hardcover $120) |
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Dismembering
Lahui: A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887 by Jonathan K. K. Osorio Using legislative texts, contemporary newspapers, and important works by Hawaiian historians and others, Osorio plots the course of events that transformed Hawaii from a traditional subsistence economy to a modern nation. 2003 Ka Palapala Pookela Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and in general Hawaiian culture. (310pp - softcover $25, hardcover $55) |
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Hawaii's
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Voices
of Wisdom Hawaiian Elders Speak by M. J. Harden Hawaiian tradition honors the elders as keepers of its knowledge and wisdom. Through interviews with 24 kahuna, leaders of the cultural renaissance, we learn about disciplines, talents or skills that are keeping lit the flame of a culture that nearly died. (240pp - softcover $24.95) |
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Ruling
Chiefs of Hawaii by S. M. Kamakau Beginning with the traditional history of the great chief Umi and ending with the death of Kamehameha III in 1854, this volume covers the rediscovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, the consolidation of the Hawaiian Kingdom by Kamehameha I, the coming of the missionaries and the changes affecting the kingdom during the first half of the nineteenth century. (430pp - hardcover $44.95) |
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From
a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii by Haunani-Kay Trask This provocative, well reasoned attack against the rampant abuse of Native Hawaiian rights, institutional racism, and gender discrimination, has generated heated debates in Hawaii and throughout the world. (272pp - softcover $21) |
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