Hawaii

The Past, Present and Future of Its Island

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Manley Hopkins

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136186899
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Ethnic Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

First published in 2005. This account by this well known literary figure of the nineteenth century is a most informative and remarkable introduction to this subject of abiding interest and universal appeal. Though not generally known, Manley Hopkins, in addition to this considerable literary endeavor, was also the Hawaiian Consul-General in Liverpool during the mid-nineteenth century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Chapter I. Geographical Position and Origin—Harbours
• Chapter II. Physical Features and Phenomena—Volcanoes
• Chapter III. Climate—Productions—Commerce
• Chapter IV. Our Royal City of Honolulu
• Chapter V. Derivation of the Hawaiian Race—Traditions of
• Chapter VI. Early Island Discoveries—Native History—Cook’s First Arrival
• Chapter VII. The Tragedy in Kealakeakua Bay
• Chapter VIII. The Sequel of Cook’s Death—Subsequent Visits
• Chapter IX. Historical Sketch—‘A Dust of Systems’—‘The Lonely One’
• Chapter X. Historical Sketch—KamÉHamÉHa The Conqueror—In-Eptness for the Lyre
• Chapter XI. Historical Sketch—KamÉHamÉHa the King—His Death—‘I Come to Bury CÆsar, and to Praise Him’
• Chapter XII. Historical Sketch—Accession of Liholiho—The Abolition of Idolatry
• Chapter XIII. Historical Sketch—Arrival of American Missionaries—The Visit of the King and Queen to England, and Their Death
• Chapter XIV. Historical Sketch—The Brook Becomes a Stream—An Apostolic Prefect Arrives—The Argonauts
• Chapter XV. Historical Sketch—The Stream Becomes a River—Reign of KamÉHamÉHa III
• Chapter XVI. Historical Sketch—The First French Tribulation
• Chapter XVII. Historical Sketch—Essays in Constitution-Making
• Chapter XVIII. Historical Sketch—The Carysfort Affair
• Chapter XIX. Historical Sketch—The Envoys Extraordinary—The Belgian Contract
• Chapter XX. Historical Sketch—The Treaties of Commerce and Friendship, and Consequent Hostilities
• Chapter XXI. Historical Sketch—Reign of KamÉHamÉHa IV
• Chapter XXII. Hawaiian Characteristics
• Chapter XXIII. The Depopulation of the Islands—Kibroth-Hataava
• Chapter XXIV. Missionary Achievement and Failure
• Chapter XXV. Glances at the Past and Guesses at the Future
• Chapter XXVI. Kaleleo-Ka-Lani—‘The Flight of the Chief’
• Chapter XXVII. Broken-Hearted
• Chapter XXVIII. The Wild Olive-Tree
• Chapter XXIX. Accession of KamÉHamÉHa V.—The ‘Coup D’Etat’
• Chapter XXX. Robert Crichton Wyllie
• Appendix. Coral Islands