Transforming Hawai'i : balancing coercion and consent in eighteenth-century Kānaka Maoli statecraft /

This study examines the role of coercion in the unification of the Hawaiian Islands by Kamehameha I between 1782 and 1812 at a time of increasing European contact. Three interrelated themes in Hawaiian political evolution are examined: the balance between coercion and consent; the balance between ge...

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Main Author: D'Arcy, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2018]
Series:Pacific series.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central