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...R. S. Kuykendall spent four decades of his life writing the history of Hawaii. He came to the Islands in 1922 as executive secretary of the newly formed Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii. The Commission planned...

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...les in the Archives of Hawaii. Next in value, from the point of view of such an enterprise as this, are the library of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, which is not by any means exclusively missionary in character, the library of the Hawaiian Historical Society, which is especially rich in voyages, and the library of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. The Hawaiian de...

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...-- The Troubled Thirties. 133 -- The Birth of Constitutional Government. 153 -- Industry, Agriculture, Manufactures. 170 -- The Recognition of Hawaii's Independence. 185 -- The Paulet Episode. 206 -- Governmental Reorganization in the Midst of Difficulties. 227 -- The Land Revolution. 269 -- Commercial and Agricultural Progress, 1830-1854. 299 -- Religious and Educational ...

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...In 1961 the first edition of the English translation of Samuel Kamakau's Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii was published by Kamehameha Schools Press. Many contributed to make its publication possible. A group of Hawaiian scholars was first selected by the trustees of Bishop Museum to translate Kamakau's f...

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...hiefs (noho alii) of Hawaii were of that particular lineage (mookuauhau), and with additions from those of the other islands, the genealogy of Hawaii's chiefs and their ancestors was made complete. Umi-a-Liloa [that is, Umi-son-of-Liloa] was a famous chief, and the reason for his fame was that it was he who united all of the districts of Hawaii through wars. The kingdom b...

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...The Story of Umi. 1 -- The Story of Kiha-a-Pii-lani. 22 -- The Story of Keawe-nui-a-Umi. 34 -- The Story of Lono-i-ka-makahiki. 47 -- Keawe's Reign. 64 -- Hawaii Under Alapai-nui. 66 -- Hawaii Under Ka-lani-opuu. 78 -- Captain Cook's Visit to Hawaii. 92 -- Events of Ka-lani-opuu's Time. 105 -- Kamehameha Wins Half Hawaii. 117 -- Ka-hahana Loses Oahu. 128 -- Kameh...

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...Kalakaua and Liliuokalani, the expansive reciprocity era and the downfall of the monarchy. The present volume covers the middle period of the kingdom's history, between the close of the reign of Kamehameha III and the accession of Kalakaua. It was an important period with distinct and well-marked characteristics. The ideas of the kings and many of the influences at work di...

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...ilure of the Reciprocity Treaty. 45 -- Great Britain and the Reciprocity Treaty. 47 -- New Treaty with France. 47 -- Quest for Security. 54 -- Hawaii's Neutrality in Time of War. 57 -- Hawaii and Japan. 66 -- The Queen's Hospital. 69 -- Leprosy. 72 -- Immigration. 75 -- The Royal Family. 78 -- Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Church. 84 -- Other Religious Developments. 99 -- Edu...

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...ofessor Kuykendall was considering were omitted if they added only corroborative detail. We wish to express our deep appreciation to Dr. Kuykendall's close friend and colleague, Dr. Charles H. Hunter of the Department of History, University of Hawaii, for completing the text, checking the proof, collecting and labeling the illustrations, and preparing the index. We ar...

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...uch of this data from outside the State was secured on microfilm but some of it had been copied in typescript over thirty years ago. Dr. Kuykendall's method was to collect as complete a bibliography as possible and then, as he wrote, to consult nearly all of the documents concerned anew. Fortunately we had often discussed both the materials and his conclusions for many ...

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...or Improvements. 106 -- Diversified Industries. 107 -- Tourist Industry. 110 -- Waikiki. 112 -- The Volcano. 114 -- Chapter 5. Reciprocity And Hawaii's Population: Immigration From China, Europe, The Pacific Islands. 116 -- Promotion Of Immigration. 117 -- Chinese: I. 119 -- Portuguese. 122 -- Pacific Islanders. 126 -- Indians (Asiatic). 128 -- Norwegians And Germans. 133 ...

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