Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900
Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900

Author: David W. Forbes

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2000-08-01

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780824823795

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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.

Kamehameha III
Kamehameha III

Author: P. Christiaan Klieger

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780971181618

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Kamehameha III was the Hawaiian kingdom's longest ruling king. Born in 1814, he transformed a feudal kingdom into a constitutional state and steered it into official recognition by the Great Powers of the time. The institutions he established kept his kingdom independent until eventual annexation by the United States in 1898, long after his death in 1854. What is most remarkable is that the king accomplished these reforms despite constant scorn from the Puritan missionaries who did not approve of the king's traditional Hawaiian lifestyle. Kamehameha III, for all his modernism, was a traditional Polynesian monarch who enjoyed strong drink, variegated sexual pursuits, hula, and games, all banned by the strict Calvinists who had gained a foothold in his kingdom.