Transforming Hawai'i : Balancing Coercion and Consent in Eighteenth-Century Kānaka Maoli Statecraft
This study examines the role of coercion in the unification of the Hawaiian Islands by Kamehameha I between 1782 and 1812 at a time of increasing European contact. Three interrelated themes in Hawaiian political evolution are examined: the balance between coercion and consent; the balance between ge...
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ANU Press
2018
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