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Dismembering Lahui
Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio
其他書名
A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887
出版
University of Hawaii Press
, 2002-06-30
主題
History / United States / State & Local / General
ISBN
0824845404
9780824845407
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wZwBEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.