Title Beyond Hawai'i : native labor in the Pacific world / Gregory Rosenthal

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Boki's predicament : Sandalwood and the China trade -- Make's dance : Migrant workers and migratory animals -- Kealoha in the Arctic : Whale blubber and human bodies -- Kailiopio and the tropicbird : Life and labor on a Guano Island -- Nahoa's tears : Gold, dreams, and diaspora in California -- Beckwith's Pilikia : "Kanakas" and "Coolies" on Haiku plantation -- Epilogue : Legacies of capitalism and colonialism Summary "In the century from the death of Captain James Cook in 1779 to the rise of the sugar plantations in the 1870s, thousands of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) men left Hawai'i to work on ships at sea and in na 'aina 'e (foreign lands)--in California, the Arctic Ocean, the equatorial islands, and throughout the Pacific Ocean. Beyond Hawai'i tells the stories of these forgotten Indigenous workers and how their labor shaped the Pacific World, the global economy, and the environment. From sandalwood harvesting to whaling, guano harvesting, and gold mining, these migrant workers were essential to the expansion of transnational capitalism and global ecological change. Bridging American, Chinese, and Pacific historiographies, Beyond Hawai'i is the first book to argue that Indigenous labor--rather than ships, goods, and diseases--was the glue that held the Pacific World together"--Provided by publisher Analysis 1700s 1800s 18th century 19th century arctic ocean california capitalism captain james cook environment equatorial islands exploration explorers global ecological change global ecology global economy hunting indigenous labor indigenous people kanaka maoli life and death life story migrant workers mining native hawaiian pacific ocean pacific world sugar plantations transnational travel true story Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes "Philip E. Lilienthal book." "Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies." Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2018) Subject Indigenous labor -- History Hawaiians -- Pacific Area -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. HISTORY -- World. Emigration and immigration Hawaiians Indigenous labor Indigenes Volk. Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer. Wirtschaftsgeschichte. SUBJECT Hawaii -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century Hawaii -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Subject Hawaii Pacific Area Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018003856 ISBN 9780520967960 0520967968

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