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Dismembering Lahui : A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887 /

Osorio, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole

Dismembering Lahui : A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887 / Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio. - 1 online resource (324 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- 1. Aupuni -- 2. Law and Lâhui -- 3. 'Āina and Lāhui -- 4. A House Divided -- 5. Conventional Beliefs -- 6. Hawai'i for Hawaiians -- 7. Bayonet -- 8. Ho'oulu Lâhui -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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Jonathan Osorio investigates the effects of Western law on the national identity of Native Hawaiians in this impressive political history of the Kingdom of Hawaii from the onset of constitutional government in 1840 to the Bayonet Constitution of 1887, which effectively placed political power in the kingdom in the hands of white businessmen. Making extensive use of legislative texts, contemporary newspapers, and important works by Hawaiian historians and others, Osorio plots the course of events that transformed Hawaii from a traditional subsistence economy to a modern nation, taking into account the many individuals nearly forgotten by history who wrestled with each new political and social change. A final poignant chapter links past events with the struggle for Hawaiian sovereignty today.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780824824327 9780824845407

10.1515/9780824845407 doi


Racism--History--Hawaii--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General.

DU624.6

996.9/02