Author: Francis X. Hezel
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824864492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
"Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a ‘conventional’ history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs and commoners, in a wide range of social and historical settings." —Pacific Affairs "The tale [of Strangers in Their Own Land] is one of interplay between four sequential colonial regimes (Spain Germany, Japan, and the United States) and the diverse island cultures they governed. It is also a tale of relationships among islands whose inhabitants did not always see eye-to-eye and among individuals who fought private and public battles in those islands. Hezel conveys both the unity of purpose exerted by a colonial government and the subversion of that purpose by administrators, teachers, islands, and visitors.... [The] history is thoroughly supported by archival materials, first-person testimonies, and secondary sources. Hezel acknowledges the power of the visual when he ends his book by describing the distinctive flags that now replace Spanish, German, Japanese, and American symbols of rule. the scene epitomizes a theme of the book: global political and economic forces, whether colonial or post-colonial, cannot erode the distinctiveness each island claims."—American Historical Review
Strangers in Their Own Land
Author: Francis X. Hezel
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824864492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
"Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a ‘conventional’ history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs and commoners, in a wide range of social and historical settings." —Pacific Affairs "The tale [of Strangers in Their Own Land] is one of interplay between four sequential colonial regimes (Spain Germany, Japan, and the United States) and the diverse island cultures they governed. It is also a tale of relationships among islands whose inhabitants did not always see eye-to-eye and among individuals who fought private and public battles in those islands. Hezel conveys both the unity of purpose exerted by a colonial government and the subversion of that purpose by administrators, teachers, islands, and visitors.... [The] history is thoroughly supported by archival materials, first-person testimonies, and secondary sources. Hezel acknowledges the power of the visual when he ends his book by describing the distinctive flags that now replace Spanish, German, Japanese, and American symbols of rule. the scene epitomizes a theme of the book: global political and economic forces, whether colonial or post-colonial, cannot erode the distinctiveness each island claims."—American Historical Review
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824864492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
"Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a ‘conventional’ history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs and commoners, in a wide range of social and historical settings." —Pacific Affairs "The tale [of Strangers in Their Own Land] is one of interplay between four sequential colonial regimes (Spain Germany, Japan, and the United States) and the diverse island cultures they governed. It is also a tale of relationships among islands whose inhabitants did not always see eye-to-eye and among individuals who fought private and public battles in those islands. Hezel conveys both the unity of purpose exerted by a colonial government and the subversion of that purpose by administrators, teachers, islands, and visitors.... [The] history is thoroughly supported by archival materials, first-person testimonies, and secondary sources. Hezel acknowledges the power of the visual when he ends his book by describing the distinctive flags that now replace Spanish, German, Japanese, and American symbols of rule. the scene epitomizes a theme of the book: global political and economic forces, whether colonial or post-colonial, cannot erode the distinctiveness each island claims."—American Historical Review
The First Taint of Civilization
Author: Francis X. Hezel
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824816438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
“Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force.... Not only will it be read eagerly by Pacific scholars, but it should find a wide audience among well-educated Micronesians hungry for greater understanding of how their islands have become ensnared in world geopolitics.” —Ethnohistory
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824816438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
“Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force.... Not only will it be read eagerly by Pacific scholars, but it should find a wide audience among well-educated Micronesians hungry for greater understanding of how their islands have become ensnared in world geopolitics.” —Ethnohistory
Journal of an Expedition to the Western Caroline Islands
Author: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
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Category : Caroline Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Caroline Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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The Volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii
Author: William Tufts Brigham
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Category : Volcanoes
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Volcanoes
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Climatological Data. Hawaii and Pacific
Author: United States. Environmental Data Service
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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The Water of Kāne
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ISBN: 9780873360203
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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A collection of legends of the various Hawaiian Islands.
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ISBN: 9780873360203
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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A collection of legends of the various Hawaiian Islands.
A Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain
Author: United States
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Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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East Caroline Islands
Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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Category : Caroline Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : Caroline Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Bulletin ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Bulletin of the United States National Museum
Author: United States National Museum
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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