Paradise of the Pacific : approaching Hawaiʻi
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780374298777, 0374298777
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Carmichael
996.9 M824 2015
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996.9 M824 2015
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Central
996.9 M824 2015
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996.9 M824 2015
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Elk Grove
996.9 M824 2015
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996.9 M824 2015
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Acculturation -- Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Culture conflict -- Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Legends -- Hawaii.
Social change -- Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Culture conflict -- Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Hawaii -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Legends -- Hawaii.
Social change -- Hawaii -- History -- 18th century.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374298777, 0374298777
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
Description
"The dramatic history of America's tropical paradise. The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals--from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes, to the early Polynesian adventurers who sailed across the Pacific in double canoes, the Spanish galleons en route to the Philippines, and the British navigators in search of a Northwest Passage, soon followed by pious Protestant missionaries, shipwrecked sailors, and rowdy Irish poachers escaped from Botany Bay--all wanderers washed ashore, sometimes by accident. This is true of many cultures, but in Hawaii, no one seems to have left. And in Hawaii, a set of myths accompanied each of these migrants--legends that shape our understanding of this mysterious place. In Paradise of the Pacific, Susanna Moore, the award-winning author of In the Cut and The Life of Objects, pieces together the elusive, dramatic story of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii--its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers--a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Moore, S. (2015). Paradise of the Pacific: approaching Hawaiʻi (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moore, Susanna. 2015. Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaiʻi. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moore, Susanna. Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaiʻi New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Moore, S. (2015). Paradise of the pacific: approaching hawaiʻi. First edn. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Moore, Susanna. Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaiʻi First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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