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Kauai
Here finally is a readable, thoroughly researched, and generously illustrated history of the island of Kauai. Edward Joesting tells for the first time the story of one of the most intriguing and least known of the Hawaiian Islands. His account begins with the prehistoric origins of the island and concludes with the annexation of Hawaii in 1898. Kauai describes the early emergence of Kauai as an island separate and distinctive from the other islands of Hawaii. It recounts the coming of Western man, the failure of King Kamehameha to conquer the island, and the ultimate incorporation of the island into the Hawaiian kingdom. Joesting also includes in his story the destructive impact of the sanda...
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Hawai‘i’s Russian Adventure
In the early 1800s thousands of American and European traders arrived in Hawai‘i to lay in supplies for the long trip east or to take on Hawaiian sandalwood, which commanded a high price in China. In response to this developing global economy in the Pacific, Russia expanded its trading outposts as far as western Kaua‘i and together with Kaua‘i chiefs began planning the construction of Fort Elisabeth in Waimea in 1816. A year later, the structure was abandoned by the Russians, but, as Peter Mills argues convincingly, a long and significant history of the fort remains to be told, even after its Russian one had ended. Seeking to redress the imbalance that exists between the colonized and ...
Double Ghosts
This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century shipping out of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of counter-exploring, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
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Island World
"This quirky, brilliant book gives the reader the thrill of cultural history done well. Okihiro undertakes a conventional topic in a jarring way, avoiding the assumption of set boundaries of nations and human societies."—Henry Yu, author of Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America "This beautifully written book integrates the history of Hawai'i into that of the U.S. better than any other I have ever read." —Patricia Seed, author of American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches
Na Pua Alii o Kauai
The stories of Kauai's ruling chiefs were passed from generation to generation in songs and narratives recited by trained storytellers either formally at the high chief's court or informally at family gatherings. Their chronology was ordered by a ruler's genealogy, which, in the case of the pua alii (flower of royalty), was illustrious and far reaching and could be traced to one of the four great gods of Polynesia--Käne, Kü, Lono, and Kanaloa. In these legends, Hawaiians of old sought answers to the questions "Who are we?" "Who are our ancestors and where do they come from?" "What lessons can be learned from their conduct?" Nä Pua Alii o Kauai presents the stories of the men and women who...
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The Zins Families of Gros-Rederching, France and St. Mary's, Indiana
Nicolas Zins was born in 1625. He married Catherine and they had six children. He died in about 1700 in Gros-Rederching, France. Descendant, Adam Zins, was born in 1796 in Gros-Rederching, France. He married Magdalena Wagner in 1836 in Bining, France. He died in 1876 in St. Mary's, Indiana. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in France, Germany, Ohio and Indiana,.
Moulins du pays de Bitche : huileries, tailleries, scieries
Présentation technique et recension complète des moulins du pays de Bitche. Illustré de nombreuses photographies, cet ouvrage permet d'aborder la toponymie, la géographie, les techniques utilisées, les hommes, leurs familles et leur vie. De nombreuses anecdotes et références généalogiques et folkloriques accompagnent l'histoire de chaque moulin. « Copyright Electre »
