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Author Arista, Denise Noelani

Title The Kingdom and the Republic : Sovereign Hawaii and the Early United States
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (309 pages)
Series America in the Nineteenth Century Ser
America in the Nineteenth Century Ser
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction. He Ao 'Ōlelo: A World of Words; Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Mana: Obligation, Debt, and Trade; Chapter 2. Creating an Island Imaginary: Hawai'i's American Origins; Chapter 3. The Isles Shall Wait for His Law: Planting the American Congregational Mission; Chapter 4. Hawaiian Women, Kapu, and the Emergence of Kānāwai; Chapter 5 Libel, Law, and Justice Before the 'Aha 'ōlelo; Afterword; Appendix. Textual Sources and Research Methods; Glossary; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Acknowledgments
Summary In The Kingdom and the Republic, Noelani Arista uncovers a trove of previously unused Hawaiian language documents to chronicle Hawaiians' experience of encounter and colonialism in the nineteenth century, reconfiguring familiar histories of trade, proselytization, and negotiations over law and governance in Hawaiʻi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Best First Book, 2020
Subject HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
SUBJECT Hawaii -- Politics and government -- To 1893. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059358
Hawaii -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 19th century
United States -- Foreign relations -- Hawaii -- 19th century
Subject Hawaii
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812295597
0812295595