The Hawaiian Kingdom Volume 1: Foundation and Transformation, 1778-1854
| Author/creator | Kuykendall, Ralph S. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press |
| Description | 462 p. ill |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation The colorful history of the Hawaiian Islands, since their discovery in 1778 by the great British navigator Captain James Cook, falls naturally into three periods. During the first, Hawaii was a monarchy ruled by native kings and queens. Then came the perilous transition period when new leaders, after failing to secure annexation to the United States, set up a miniature republic. The third period began in 1898 when Hawaii by annexation became American territory. The Hawaiian Kingdom, by Ralph S. Kuykendall, is the detailed story of the island monarchy. In the first volume, "Foundation and Transformation," the author gives a brief sketch of old Hawaii before the coming of the Europeans, based on the known and accepted accounts of this early period. He then shows how the arrival of sea rovers, traders, soldiers of forture, whalers, scoundrels, missionaries, and statesmen transformed the native kingdom, and how the foundations of modern Hawaii were laid. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780870224317 |
| ISBN | 087022431X (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780870224317 |
| Stock number | 00027181 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |