Leaving Paradise
Title | Leaving Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Barman |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 528 |
Release | 2006-05-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0824874536 |
Native Hawaiians arrived in the Pacific Northwest as early as 1787. Some went out of curiosity; many others were recruited as seamen or as workers in the fur trade. By the end of the nineteenth century more than a thousand men and women had journeyed across the Pacific, but the stories of these extraordinary individuals have gone largely unrecorded in Hawaiian or Western sources. Through painstaking archival work in British Columbia, Oregon, California, and Hawaii, Jean Barman and Bruce Watson pieced together what is known about these sailors, laborers, and settlers from 1787 to 1898, the year the Hawaiian Islands were annexed to the United States. In addition, the authors include descriptive biographical entries on some eight hundred Native Hawaiians, a remarkable and invaluable complement to their narrative history. "Kanakas" (as indigenous Hawaiians were called) formed the backbone of the fur trade along with French Canadians and Scots. As the trade waned and most of their countrymen returned home, several hundred men with indigenous wives raised families and formed settlements throughout the Pacific Northwest. Today their descendants remain proud of their distinctive heritage. The resourcefulness of these pioneers in the face of harsh physical conditions and racism challenges the early Western perception that Native Hawaiians were indolent and easily exploited. Scholars and others interested in a number of fields—Hawaiian history, Pacific Islander studies, Western U.S. and Western Canadian history, diaspora studies—will find Leaving Paradise an indispensable work.
The Ancient Hawaiian State
Title | The Ancient Hawaiian State PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. Hommon |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 335 |
Release | 2013-04-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199916128 |
Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, this book redefines the study of primary states by arguing for the inclusion of Polynesia, which witnessed the development of primary states in both Hawaii and Tonga.
A Brief History of the Hawaiian People
Title | A Brief History of the Hawaiian People PDF eBook |
Author | William De Witt Alexander |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 390 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | Hawaii |
ISBN |
The Hawaiians of Old
Title | The Hawaiians of Old PDF eBook |
Author | Betty Dunford |
Publisher | Bess Press |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 2002-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781573061377 |
Covers the formation of the Hawaiian islands; the arrival of plants, animals, and the first people; and the way of life of the ancient Hawaiians.
A Brief History of the Hawaiian People
Title | A Brief History of the Hawaiian People PDF eBook |
Author | William De Witt Alexander |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Hawaii |
ISBN |
Shoal of Time
Title | Shoal of Time PDF eBook |
Author | Gavan Daws |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 1974-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The arrival of Captain Cook and the debates concerning the territory's admission to statehood are given equal attention in this detailed history.
A History of Hawaii
Title | A History of Hawaii PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Simpson Kuykendall |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 401 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Hawaii |
ISBN |