Format:
1 online resource (432 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520953833
Content:
Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook's encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part One -- 1. A Trail of Tattooed Pots -- 2. East from Hawaiki -- 3. Follow the Golden Plover -- 4. Voyages into the Past -- 5. The Sands of Waimānalo -- Part Two -- 6. Flightless Ducks and Palm Forests -- 7. Voyaging Chiefs from Kahiki -- 8. Mā'ilikūkahi, O'ahu's Sacred King -- 9. The Waters of Kāne -- 10. "Like Shoals of Fish" -- Part Three -- 11. 'Umi the Unifier -- 12. 'Umi's Dryland Gardens -- 13. The House of Pi'ilani -- 14. "Like a Shark that Travels on the Land" -- 15. The Altar of Kū -- 16. The Return of Lono -- 17. Prophecy and Sacrifice -- Epilogue -- Alphabetical List -- Glossary -- Sources -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520273306
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520273306
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=980022
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