Transforming Hawai'i : Balancing Coercion and Consent in Eighteenth-Century Kanaka Maoli Statecraft.
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- 9781760461744
- 996.902
- DU627 .D373 2018
Intro -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Explanatory Note on the Use of Hawaiian Terms in this Book -- Glossary of Hawaiian Terms -- List of Historical Personalities, Gods and Scholars -- Introduction -- 1. Three Key Debates: Positioning Hawai'i in World History -- 2. Gathering Momentum: Power in Hawai'i to 1770 -- 3. The Hawaiian Political Transformation from 1770 to 1796 -- 4. The Hawaiian Military Transformation from 1770 to 1796 -- 5. The Pursuit of Power in Hawai'i from 1780 to 1796 -- 6. Creating a Kingdom: -- 7. The Hawaiian Achievement in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Hawaiian Military Activity 1778-97 -- Appendix 2: Firearms in Hawai'i, 1786-96 -- Appendix 3: A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book examines the role of coercion in the unification of the Hawaiian Islands by Kamehameha I between 1782 and 1812 at a time of increasing European contact. Modern historians from the Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge argue that political leadership and socioeconomic organisation were more concensus-based than is usually allowed for.
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