Author: Margaret TitcombPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaiian almanac and annual
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Index to Hawaiian Annual, 1875-1932
Author: Margaret TitcombPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaiian almanac and annual
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Thrum's Hawaiian Annual Combined with All about Hawaii
Author: Maritime Industries of Hawaii
Author: Linda K. MentonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fish trade
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Bibliography on subjects related to maritime industries (whaling, fishing, and shipping) in the Hawaiian Islands
Cumulated Index to the Books
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900
Author: David W. ForbesPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824823795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The second volume of the Hawaiian National Bibliography records the transformation of Hawai'i from a feudal system of government to a constitutional monarchy whose autonomy was recognized by the United States and the great powers of Europe. Here are referenced the formation of laws, a constitution, a bill of rights, and government reports. Political entanglements with Great Britain and France, the Provisional Cession of Hawai'i to Great Britain, and the restoration of sovereignty in 1843 are documented. Publications resulting from the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Charles Wilkes are included. Also listed and described are theater bills, broadsides, and other ephemera, which illuminate the everyday life of the period.
Hawaiian Mythology
Author: Martha Warren BeckwithPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824805142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations of mankind, both those who are to come and those already born. The Hawaiian gods were like great chiefs from far lands who visited among the people, entering their daily lives sometimes as humans or animals, sometimes taking residence in a stone or wooden idol. As years passed, the families of gods grew and included the trickster Maui, who snared the sun, and fiery Pele of the volcano. Ancient Hawaiians lived by the animistic philosophy that assigned living souls to animals, trees, stones, stars, and clouds, as well as to humans. Religion and mythology were interwoven in Hawaiian culture; and local legends and genealogies were preserved in song, chant, and narrative. Martha Beckwith was the first scholar to chart a path through the hundreds of books, articles, and little-known manuscripts that recorded the oral narratives of the Hawaiian people. Her book has become a classic work of folklore and ethnology, and the definitive treatment of Hawaiian mythology. With an introduction by Katherine Luomala.
Professional Savages
Author: Roslyn PoignantPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300102475
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
In August 1882 the circus impresario P. T. Barnum called for examples of "all the uncivilized races in existence.” In response, the showman R. A. Cunningham shipped two groups of Australian Aborigines to the United States. They were displayed as "cannibals” in circuses, dime museums, fairgrounds, and other showplaces in America and Europe and examined and photographed by anthropologists. Roslyn Poignant tells the fascinating and often searing story of the transformation of the Aboriginal travelers into accomplished performers, professional savages who survived at least for a short time by virtue of the strengths they drew from their own culture and their individual adaptability. Most died somewhere on tour. A century later, the mummified body of Tambo, the first to die, was discovered in the basement of a recently closed funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio. Poignant recounts how Tambo’s posthumous repatriation stimulated a cultural renewal within the community from which he came, exposing the roots of present social and economic injustices experienced by indigenous Australians.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2440
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
The Chinese in Hawaii
Author: Chuan-hua LowePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description