Queen Kaahumanu Of Hawaii

Author : Thomas W. Goodhue
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476645175
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Kaʻahumanu of Hawaii written by Thomas W. Goodhue and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Kamehameha the Great had 30 wives. Ka'ahumanu (c.1768-1832) was his favorite. Descended from Oceanian voyagers, she grew up in a society completely isolated from the rest of the world, her life enmeshed in dynastic wars and constrained by an elaborate system of taboos. In 1778, she was shocked by the arrival of alien ships, followed by an influx of foreigners. In their wake came devastating epidemics. Seizing power after the King's death, Ka'ahumanu overturned those taboos and guided her nation through revolutionary change, crucial to the Hawaiian Islands' unification. Through sicknesses, romances, infidelities, murders, rebellions, pardons, travels, missionary work, and more, her story challenges many beliefs about American history, Christianity, and gender. Further, it has implications for current debates about immigration, sexuality, and religious diversity. Drawing on seldom-analyzed French and Russian sources, this biography covers neglected aspects of Ka'ahumanu's life. The many spouses and lovers she and Kamehameha had, the roles played by Central Europeans, African-Americans, Catholics and Unitarians in her realm, and struggles with religious pluralism are all included.

Author : Kathleen Dickenson Mellen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Matriarch written by Kathleen Dickenson Mellen and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second volume of the author's tetralogy on the Royal Hawaiian dynasty.

Author : Susanna Moore
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 142994496X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise of the Pacific written by Susanna Moore and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic history of America's tropical paradise The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals—from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes, to the early Polynesian adventurers who sailed across the Pacific in double canoes, the Spanish galleons en route to the Philippines, and the British navigators in search of a Northwest Passage, soon followed by pious Protestant missionaries, shipwrecked sailors, and rowdy Irish poachers escaped from Botany Bay—all wanderers washed ashore, sometimes by accident. This is true of many cultures, but in Hawaii, no one seems to have left. And in Hawaii, a set of myths accompanied each of these migrants—legends that shape our understanding of this mysterious place. In Paradise of the Pacific, Susanna Moore, the award-winning author of In the Cut and The Life of Objects, pieces together the elusive, dramatic story of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii—its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers—a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values.

Author : Jane L. Silverman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kaahumanu written by Jane L. Silverman and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Kaʻahumanu (March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) of Maui. After King Kamehameha I death in 1819, she was queen consort and acted as regent of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I.

Author : Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hawaii's Story written by Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rosemary I. Patterson
Publisher : Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D.
ISBN 13 : 9781880836217
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kunina Nui written by Rosemary I. Patterson and published by Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D.. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaiian deities demand that the widow of King Kamehameha explain her overthrow of the kapu system that governed every aspect of the Hawaiian people's lives in 1819. She is also required to view modern day Hawaiʻi and evaluate the effects of her political decisions on Native Hawaiians.

Author : Mary Charlotte Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Hawaii written by Mary Charlotte Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of Hawaii-Loa -- The tales of Hawaii-Loa -- Later voyages -- The story of Umi -- Early Spanish Arrivals -- The Discovery by Cook -- Kamehameha -- The reign of Kamehameha II -- Kaahumanu -- Hawaii and the outside world -- Progress in Hawaii.

Author : Sarah Vowell
Publisher : Riverhead Books
ISBN 13 : 159448564X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unfamiliar Fishes written by Sarah Vowell and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of "The Wordy Shipmates" comes an examination of Hawaii's emblematic and exceptional history, retracing the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.

Author : Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, Father of Hawaii Kings, and His Descendants, with Notes on Kamehameha I, First King of All Hawaii written by Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Pierce Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rulers of Hawaii written by Albert Pierce Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: