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Transforming Hawai'i
Balancing Coercion and Consent in Eighteenth-Century Kanaka Maoli Statecraft
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eBook - PDF
Transforming Hawai'i
Balancing Coercion and Consent in Eighteenth-Century Kanaka Maoli Statecraft
About this book
This study 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. Three interrelated themes in Hawaiian political evolution are examined: the balance between coercion and consent; the balance between general structural trends and specific individual
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Table of contents
- 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