Browsing Center for Pacific Islands Studies Publications by Subject "kapu (taboo)"

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The Dread Taboo, Human Sacrifice, and Pearl Harbor

Herman R D K (University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 1996)

Three events literally put the Hawaiian Islands on the map: the death of Captain Cook, the overthrow of the kapu system, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. These events are also signposts in a circular movement of power out ...