The Story of Hawaii (Illustrated Edition)
An Illustrated Chronicle of Kingdom, Culture, Folklore, and Colonial TransformationBy William Richards Castle, Gerard Fowke, King of Hawaii David Kalakaua, James Jackson Jarves, Nathaniel Bright Emerson, United States Census Bureau
Length43h 2m
About this audiobook
The Story of Hawaii (Illustrated Edition) assembles historical narrative, ethnographic observation, political reflection, statistical record, and cultural interpretation into a capacious portrait of the Hawaiian Islands. Its varied documents move between accounts of monarchy and governance, descriptions of ritual and tradition, reflections on art and antiquities, and evidence of demographic and economic change. The illustrations deepen this documentary texture, while the collection's most compelling passages illuminate the tensions between indigenous continuity, foreign encounter, and modern transformation. The contributors bring markedly different institutional and cultural positions to Hawaii's history. King David Kalakaua offers the perspective of Hawaiian sovereignty and cultural stewardship; Nathaniel Bright Emerson preserves and interprets traditions of chant, hula, and religion; William Richards Castle, Gerard Fowke, and James Jackson Jarves represent missionary, archaeological, and antiquarian currents in nineteenth-century writing; and the United States Census Bureau supplies the administrative language of territorial measurement. Read together, these voices situate Hawaii within the intertwined histories of Polynesian culture, colonial expansion, monarchy, and American annexation. This volume is recommended for readers seeking an accessible yet intellectually rich introduction to Hawaii's layered past. Its multiple genres invite comparison rather than passive acceptance, encouraging readers to weigh cultural memory against official record and observation against interpretation. As a single-volume archive, it offers both educational breadth and a productive dialogue among competing historical perspectives.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length43 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LEW WALLACE Premium Collection: Historical Novels, Poetry & Plays (Illustrated) (Annotated)
2General Information
3Basic Information
4History
5About the Geographic Areas
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6Centers of Population
7Most Populous, Largest, and Dense Areas
8Hawaiian History
9THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE
10HAWAIIAN HISTORY TO 1898
11HAWAII AS AN AMERICAN TERRITORY
12Archaeological Discoveries in Hawaii
13INTRODUCTION
14MOLOKAI ISLAND
15HAWAII ISLAND
16MAUI ISLAND
17KAUAI ISLAND
18CONCLUSIONS
19The Volcanoes Of Hawaii
20Customs and Tradition
21Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
22INTRODUCTION
23I.--THE HULA
24II.--THE HALAU; THE KUAHU--THEIR DECORATION AND CONSECRATION
25III.--THE GODS OF THE HULA.
26IV.--SUPPORT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HULA
27V--CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION; DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER
28VI.--THE PASSWORD--THE SONG OF ADMISSION
29VII.--WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU
30VIII.--COSTUME OF THE HULA DANCER
31IX.--THE HULA ALA'A-PAPA
32X.--THE HULA PA-ÍPU, OR KUÓLO
33XI.--THE HULA KI'I
34XII.--THE HULA PAHU
35XIII.--THE HULA ÚLI-ULÍ
36XIV.--THE HULA PUÍLI
37XV.--THE HULA KA-LAAU
38XVI.--THE HULA ÍLI-ÍLI
39XVII.--THE HULA KÁ-ÉKE-ÉKE
40XVIII.--AN INTERMISSION
41XIX.--THE HULA MAU-KANI
42XX.--THE HULA OHE
43XXI.--THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS
44XXII.--GESTURE
45XXIII.--THE HULA PA-HUA
46XXIV--THE HULA PELE
47XXV.--THE HULA PA'I-UMAUMA
48XXVI.--THE HULA KU'I MOLOKAI
49XXVII.--THE HULA KIELÉI
50XXVIII.--THE HULA MÚ'U-MÚ'U
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