| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
From chiefdom to archaic state : Hawai'i in comparative and historical context -- Hawaiian archaic states on the eve of European contact -- Native Hawaiian political history -- Tracking the transformations : population, intensification, and monumentality -- The challenge of explanation |
| Summary |
In How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook's voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chiefdoms -- Hawaii -- History
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Hawaiians -- Kings and rulers
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First contact (Anthropology) -- Hawaii
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Hawaiians -- Politics and government
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civics & Citizenship.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Chiefdoms
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First contact (Anthropology)
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Hawaiians -- Kings and rulers
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Hawaiians -- Politics and government
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Hawaii
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520947849 |
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0520947843 |
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9786612917905 |
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6612917903 |
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