Ali'i Selective Appropriation of Modernity: Examining Colonial Assumptions in Hawai'i prior to 1893
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kamanamaikalani B. Beamer
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 2, Ke Ala Hou: Breaking Trail in Hawaiian Research and Development, 2009, pp. 138-155
Description
Discusses the origin and overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and examines how the Ali'i (native Hawaiian chiefs) used their knowledge of law to advance their own existing Indigenous structure.