Na wai ka mana? 'Oiwi agency and European imperialism in the Hawaiian Kingdom

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dc.contributor.author	Beamer, B. Kamanamaikalani	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-07-21T23:59:06Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-07-21T23:59:06Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780549780663	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20601	en_US
dc.description	Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008.	en_US
dc.description	Keywords. Colonialism, Agency, Indigenous, Modernization, Hawai'i.	en_US
dc.description	The Hawaiian Kingdom has often been seen as a colonial institution. This dissertation challenges a colonial analysis of the Hawaiian Kingdom and its ali'i, while illustrating the agency of ali'i in grappling within and against Euro-American Imperialism. Special attention is given to the complex negotiations taking place in the Hawaiian Kingdom between ali'i and haole and the ways in which ali'i were modernizing through the modification of existing indigenous structure and through Hawaiianizing Euro-American structures to suit their own needs. This dissertation uses archival materials such as maps, laws, and letters to demonstrate that the Hawaiian Kingdom was not a colonial institution but rather a hybrid structure to resist colonialism and offers insight into how an indigenous society appropriated the tools of the other for their own means.	en_US
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 310-339).	en_US
dc.description	Reproduction.	en_US
dc.description	Also available by subscription via World Wide Web	en_US
dc.description	339 leaves, bound 29 cm	en_US
dc.language.iso	en-US	en_US
dc.relation	Theses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa) no. 5092	en_US
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dc.title	Na wai ka mana? 'Oiwi agency and European imperialism in the Hawaiian Kingdom	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US