Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
Are you sure you want to delete this address?
Beyond Hawai'i : Native Labor In The Pacific World
Paperback Edition: 1
In the century from the death of Captain James Cook in 1779 to the rise of the sugar plantations in the 1870s, thousands of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) men left Hawaii to work on ships at sea and in na aina e (foreign lands)in California,
the Arctic Ocean, the equatorial islands, and throughout the Pacific Ocean.
...
more
Beyond Hawaii tells the stories of these forgotten indigenous workers and how their labor shaped the Pacific World, the global economy, and the environment. From sandalwood harvesting to whaling, guano harvesting, and gold mining, these migrant workers were essential to the expansion of transnational capitalism and global ecological change.
Bridging American, Chinese, and Pacific historiographies, Beyond Hawaii is the first book to argue that indigenous laborrather than ships, goods, and diseaseswas the glue that held the Pacific World together.
Featured in the 16 April 2018 NZ / Pasifika Newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.
Pages : 336
Publisher : University of California Press
Publication date : 2018-04-14
Subjects: Non-fiction, Business / Law